by aliwilliams | Nov 18, 2014 | Libby Finch Award
A city of dreaming spires Cheerio from across that big pond of the world. My name is Elizabeth Pittman and I will be a junior this fall. I am a Walton Honors student majoring in Economics and also a Fulbright Honors student majoring in English Literature. Last summer,...
by aliwilliams | Oct 16, 2013 | England, History, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Libby Finch Award, Study Abroad
Getting here has not been easy, and I am not just talking about the almost eight-hour flight from Chicago to London. I recall how all the way back in September of 2012 I began working on applying for the program, and working on scholarships including this one....
by | Feb 19, 2013 | Biophysics, England, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Libby Finch Award
As the end of winter holiday draws dreadfully close, I’ve gotten a chance to reflect on all the great experiences I’ve had this Michaelmas term (the first of the three trimesters) at Cambridge. I have loved my time here from the first few days I got to the United...
by | Jan 29, 2013 | Classical Studies, England, History, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Libby Finch Award
Honors history and classical studies student Joshua Windsor is spending the 2012-2013 year studying abroad as a Libby Finch scholar at Cambridge University, in Cambridge, England. January 22, 2013 Cambridge is a beautiful place. In the morning, when I walk to lectures...
by | Jan 24, 2013 | England, History, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Libby Finch Award, Study Abroad, Uncategorized
Honors history student Lydia Thompson spent the 2011-2012 year studying abroad as a Libby Finch scholar at Cambridge University, in Cambridge, England. So many fantastic things have happened since my last update. I’ve been exploring college, which is huge and complete...
by | Jan 17, 2013 | England, Libby Finch Award, Study Abroad
A Remarkable Year Early in the morning my train pulled away from Heathrow Airport and I saw the smoke rising from the chimneys in the cloudy morning sky of West London. The scene out my window spoke to me with a Dickensian dreariness that was somehow exciting. When my...
