This blog post was contributed by Estefania Rodriguez, an Education Abroad peer advisor who helped other Longhorns begin their own transformative education abroad adventures. Every person who has studied abroad has a collection of stories at their disposal for the moment they get asked about their experience. As a peer… read more
Thinking About Studying Abroad? Here’s Why You Should
This blog post was contributed by Eugene Nam, an Education Abroad peer advisor who helped other Longhorns begin their own transformative education abroad adventures. What type of Education Abroad program is the best in your eyes and why? In my eyes, the best Education Abroad program is the university-wide exchange… read more
Revisiting My Inspiration for Studying Abroad
This post was contributed by Erin Brown Achterhof, Administrative Associate for Faculty-Led Programs in Education Abroad, about what inspired her to go abroad. When I was in middle school, I was visiting my younger cousins in New Orleans, and they wanted to watch a movie with me called “Princess Mononoke,”… read more
Did I Miss the Point of Studying Abroad?
This post was contributed by Global Ambassador Frances Garnett, an IRG and theater & dance major studying abroad in Brussels, Belgium. Read more about Frances’s experience. Being in quarantine has given me a lot of time to think, and lately I’ve been wondering: what is the point of study abroad?… read more
Adapting to Life Abroad
This post was contributed by Global Ambassador Sabrina LeBoeuf, a journalism and RTF student studying abroad in Madrid, Spain. Honeymoon. Frustration. Adaptation. Acceptance. On my first day of school at exchange student orientation, the mental health department taught us about the phases of culture shock. “You will have a downfall,”… read more
Jumping Across the Pond to Ireland
Horns meet world. World meet Alex Vickery. Alex graduated from UT in Fall 2014 with a degree in Journalism, but back in 2013 she spent her fall semester in Dublin, Ireland at University College Dublin. Luckily for us, she blogged about her whole experience, as a good ol’ UT journalism… read more
Wet Hot Moroccan Summer
Horns meet world. World meet Marie. Marie is an International Relations and Global Studies major here at UT Austin, but just this past summer she studied abroad in the American Councils: Arabic Flagship Program in Meknes, Morocco. The affiliate program is offered during the Spring and Fall semesters as well… read more
“Japan Adventures: The Adventures of a Little UT Student in the World’s Biggest City”
Horns meet world. World meet Britt Plotsky. Britt studied abroad in Tokyo, Japan for a year-long exchange back in the day: September 2012 – August 2013. Ok, maybe not back in the day per se, but luckily for us she documented her entire experience in her blog on tumblr titled… read more