This Sunday, November 11, I turned 20. Twenty seems like a grand age. I’m no longer considered a “teen.” It seems I have transformed into a two-decade-old adult. Yet it is not as impressive as the legal drinking age of 21. However when looking at my friends around our table at the Cheesecake Factory, I [...]
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No longer a teenager –My 20th Birthday
November 13th, 2012 · No Comments · First Year Study Abroad Experience, Frances Dumlao '15
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4 FYSAE Alumni. 1 Apartment. What can possibly go wrong?
September 6th, 2012 · No Comments · First Year Study Abroad Experience, Frances Dumlao '15
My lovely bedroom at Oak Summit. I’m back on the Glenside campus ready for my sophomore year of Arcadia. The Oak Summit apartment is a huge step up from the Heinz dorms. We have a kitchen, a living room, two bathrooms, laundry machines, and an amazing view. This may seem kind of lame, but trust me [...]
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Last Days In London – Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
April 17th, 2012 · No Comments · First Year Study Abroad Experience, Yvette Alxandrou '15 - London, England
Well, everything is wrapped up and over. I finished my final exams and papers with one week left over to do what I wanted for the last week in London of my semester abroad. Well actually this title is completely accurate… I went away the weekend right after my finals were over. I went to [...]
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Adventures and Friends
January 12th, 2012 · No Comments · First Year Study Abroad Experience, Yvette Alxandrou '15 - London, England
January 5th-12th In orientation we were told, “you’re not a real Londoner until you’ve lived in London and gotten lost.” I was invited to tag along with a few friends who wanted to complete the scavenger hunt that was given to us. Well….it was less following the scavenger hunt and more just exploring London. I [...]
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Assimilation part 1: Learning the Lay of the Land
January 4th, 2012 · 10 Comments · First Year Study Abroad Experience, Uncategorized, Yvette Alxandrou '15 - London, England
January 4th Bundled up in coats and scarves we departed from Thoresby House towards City University. We had a couple different meetings about British culture, terminology, etc. They told us things to avoid, although I found it striking that they specifically said “avoid eye contact with people, don’t smile, and don’t talk to them” It’s [...]
And We’re Off!
January 4th, 2012 · No Comments · First Year Study Abroad Experience, Study Abroad, Yvette Alxandrou '15 - London, England
January 2nd-3rd It was about 6 in the morning when I woke up thinking “Oh my gosh, where am I about to go?” The fact that in less than 24 hours I would be in London, England, was shocking. We drove to the airport in Portland, Maine where I took off to the airport in [...]
Interview with an Honors All Star!
February 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Honors Program, Julia Vasinda '11
For my thesis I have been interviewing as many people as possible about study abroad, including a lot of faculty. So yesterday I had the pleasure of interviewing Bill Meiers, one of the head faculty members of the honors program. We talked mostly about First Year Study Abroad Experience, but I think the topics covered [...]
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