Hi there! My name is Emma Rappold, and I am a third-year Radio-Television-Film major and Art History minor from McKinney, Texas. This semester, I am studying Documentary Filmmaking and Photography in the University of Sussex’s Filmmaking program in Brighton, England. I chose Sussex because they were the most enthusiastic in… read more
England
Living with the Lovedays
Often people ask me what was my favorite part about studying abroad and looking back there are SEVERAL things I really enjoyed about my time in London. From spending hours exploring the history of the once most powerful city in the world to celebrating the queen’s birthday at the trooping… read more
A Global Perspective In Chelsea
Horns meet World. World meet Monica Gupta. Monica is a 4th year Public Health and Nursing major here at UT Austin. She studied abroad her freshman year summer through the London Internship Program. Here is what she has to say about her experience. Living in one of the biggest and… read more
How to Choose Your Next Destination
Horns meet world. World meet Shivangi Gupta. Shivangi is an International Relations and Global Studies (IRG) major and she spent five months studying abroad on the exchange program at the National University of Singapore and the Maymester: the U.S, U.K, and World Order program at Oxford University. I have returned… read more
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 Europe, and I wanted to see everything! I am not… read more
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, business, humanities, and arts. Since graduating from the University of… read more
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 are applying for graduate school, professional school, jobs, or for… read more
“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 the semester and 12-3 during the summer on a walk-in… read more
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 studied abroad in England, the first question they ask is,… read more
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 it when I came back. I had thought (and had… read more
