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
Daunting Deadlines Down, Super Summer Ahead.
Yep, deadlines are fast approaching!! But don’t worry, there’s still plenty of time to find a program and get on board. The deadline for Summer Faculty-Led Program applications is December 1. Summer Faculty-Led Programs are exactly what the name implies – a UT faculty member will teach the class(es) for the summer… read more
Classes in Copenhagen
Horns meet world. World meet Xochitl Butcher. Xochitl is a Biochemistry major at UT Austin, but she’s spending her 2015 Fall semester in Denmark on the University of Copenhagen exchange program. Luckily for us, Xochitl has been logging her experience on a blog: Xochitl Abroad. Below is just a glimpse of her extensive… read more
Self Discovery in Austria
Horns meet world. World meet Joseph Voss. Joe is a Mechanical Engineering major who went to Vienna on the Introduction to Engineering Design and Graphics Maymester program. He was able to travel around Austria and found himself going through a mode of self-discovery during the trip: This past summer I participated… 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
How to Pack Light
So the semester abroad has ended; you’ve turned in that final essay, that final project. Freedom at last! Meaning that it’s the glorious time to strap your entire closet and two suitcases to your back and start exploring… until you realize that you’d like to travel without breaking your spine.… read more
Nguyen in Rome
Horns meet world. World meet Teresa Nguyen. Teresa graduated this past May with a B.S. in Biology from UT and is currently continuing her education at the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, but before she ever graduated she participated in the IES: Rome Affiliate Program during the… read more
A Big View of a Little Town
Horns meet world. World meet Anuj Bhutani. Anuj spent his 2014 Spring semester in the city of Wuerzburg, Germany studying in the Universitaet Wuerzburg Exchange Program. I was actually lucky enough to meet up with Anuj while we were both studying abroad in Germany and spend some time in his… read more
UT Phone Home
Fortunately, it’s not 1982 anymore and you don’t have to light your glowing finger beacon to communicate with your family and friends while you’re abroad; though, I can’t promise you it won’t feel like another planet. So, here are 5 apps you can use instead of extra terrestrial phalangeal luminescence to… read more
Singapore: A City of World Fusion
Horns meet world. World meet Shadhi Mansoori. Shadhi is an Honors Neuroscience major at UT, but this summer she’s studying abroad in Singapore in the Global EDGE internship program. So far she’s been there for two months and she already has a collection of memories from her experience and some… read more