Inspiring Longhorns to Explore the World
Inspiring Longhorns to Explore the World
Right now, I’m in the heart of the mountainous cloud forest of the Tropical Andes in a small ecotourism town called Mindo, Ecuador. What’s crazy is that if you had told freshly graduated-from-high-school Kaitlin that I would be working a five-week internship fully in Spanish in…
I distinctly remember my first official day of my program. I walked out of my hotel room after dropping off my bags and walked down the stairs to meet a couple of other students who had arrived earlier. Despite knowing…
Follow Camren Morgan, a psychology junior, Gilman Scholar, and first-generation student at The University of Texas at Austin, as he shares his experience studying abroad in Barcelona, Spain. Camren reflects on how living and learning abroad expanded his perspective and…
Before I could even introduce myself, I was asked a simple question: “B’sukar aw bla sukr?” (With sugar or without?) Every morning in Rabat, Morocco, began with a glass of atay (tea), and every evening seemed to end the same way. Before I ever finished one…
Anyone who tells you about the vast silence of the open ocean has clearly never watched a parrotfish eat. I floated above the bright blues, greens, and pinks as they darted past me in and out of coral avenues, noticing…
One of the first and most important concepts American Sign Language students learn about is “immersion”: full, active commitment to the signing world. In ASL education, immersion means more than simply learning to sign — it requires engagement with the…
Since starting my study abroad in London through the “Social Justice and Social Change: A Critical International Perspective” course, I have been asked many times, “Why are you studying abroad in the United Kingdom? Aren’t you from here?” I was born in…
Just like everyone else, I stare off the edge of the boat. Sea breeze flittering through our hair, all eyes transfixed on the rock formation that sits just in front of us. As we ebb and flow with the wind,…
When I decided to go abroad to study social work in the United Kingdom, I never thought the biggest thing I would be doing would be self-reflection. Each day, our class participates in two activities, ranging from archival tours to scavenger hunts.…