Study Abroad, Honors Program & Other Student Experiences

From the age of 6-17, I wanted to be a history teacher. For all of 17, I wanted to be a political analyst From 18-19, I decided I would work in international business. From 19 and 1/2 until today, I figure that my calling is in international development. When I was first living through those [...]

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I’ve remarked on this more than once to my friends and family: I am somehow busier with a 14 credit load than I was with a 24 credit load.  All the myths Hollywood spins about senior year (whether it be about high school or college) are utterly false, I’ve discovered. It’s also probably one of [...]

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Growing up, I was the epitome of a bookworm. I inhaled books at a startling pace and would rather spend a sunny afternoon reading in Barnes and Noble.  At my parent-teacher conference in fifth grade, my teacher shook her head and said, “I have never had to tell a student off for reading too much [...]

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Looking back on my three years at Arcadia, much has changed.  Yet, as I sift through a treasure trove of memories, I notice one constant.  Something that has been with me through thick and thin, has stuck by me through finals and papers, and taken more beatings than a WWE wrestler for me. Of course, [...]

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There is an idiom that we Americans borrowed from the Brits (who borrowed it from the Romans): “A rolling stone gathers no moss.” We use this saying to express the notion that we ought to always be striving forward, improving ourselves, so that we might not stagnate and run out of creativity or become rusty. [...]

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Hello, hello everyone! You all may faintly recall me, as it has been awhile since my last post. I’m Amanda, a senior International Business and Culture student in the 3-Year program. You may realize that I’m the girl who always uses quotes in her titles. As this blog is mostly about students enjoying study abroad/preparing [...]

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The time left until Thanksgiving break can now be counted in hours. Unsurprisingly, my first class of the day was sparsely populated; much like how Christmas creeps up on Thanksgiving, students tend to leave early for break.  Still, I can’t really blame them. When even Black Friday sales start on Thursday, the notion of waiting [...]

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I’m not going to lie; this week and a half without stable internet has been hard. I’m still trying to grasp how it is that I can log on to all of the Arcadia services such as Blackboard and Self-Service anywhere in the world, on any network in the world, as long as it isn’t AU [...]

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Apologies, all. I’m afraid that my super-awesome organizational skills are slipping a wee bit this semester, so I haven’t been posting as much lately. The hurricane put me off of my schedule, and I found myself playing catch-up with assignments. I have reappeared briefly to let you all know how things have been and to [...]

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Well, it seems like Mother Nature has deigned to give us another tempest-tossed Halloween weekend. Last year we had that freak snow storm, and this year we have Sandy to thank for class cancellations. We’re about 10 minutes away from Arcadia’s “shelter in place” directive from going into effect, but I can’t say that I’ve [...]

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