Traveling is Not Just Seeing but Experiencing!
This is your first time abroad. You want to see everything, as in all of it. This was the mentality that I had when I studied abroad for the first time in London. There was so much to see in…
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Inspiring Longhorns to Explore the World
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Inspiring Longhorns to Explore the World
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Tex to Exe
Horns meet World. World meet Marie Guermond. Marie was a Peer Advisor at the International Office and is now at the University of Exeter Study Abroad Office in Exeter. The University of Exeter offers research and study in sciences, social sciences,…
Play Hard, But Work Harder!
Study abroad is like a vacation…wrong! You want to experience the culture and interact with the locals, but you are worried you will likely only be around other international students. The perfect solution to this is interning abroad. If you…
“Sooo… what’s the next step after graduation?”
It’s down to three days until graduation, and for most of us peer advisors, study abroad has greatly impacted the plans we have after walking the stage. As a reminder, peer advisors are available Monday through Friday from 9-5 during…
Notts not London
Horns meet world. World meet Autumn. Autumn Chidester. Autumn is a pre-med Biology major at UT who spent her Spring in the UK at the University of Nottingham! Autumn participated in the exchange program in Nottingham. When people find out I…
Coming Home: The Effects of Reverse Culture Shock
By far the hardest thing that I went through in regards to studying abroad was coming home. Before I even went abroad, I was aware of what “reverse culture shock” was, and I knew that I would be affected by…
Night Running In London
One of the cooler things that I did when I was in London were the night runs I went on before it got too cold and rainy. It started out of necessity, since I had promised myself that I would…
No language. No money. No problem!
This week we’ve put together a list of UT study abroad programs that: 1) do not have a foreign language requirement, and 2) are cheaper than staying at UT for the semester or summer. That’s right! You can actually save money…
A Snitch in England
When many people think of England, they immediately think of Harry Potter and it’s iconic sport: Quidditch. I play the real-world version of quidditch at UT so I had already experienced how separated the fast-growing sport has become from it’s original…