by srkirby | Jul 11, 2019 | England, Fay Jones School of Architecture, France, Honors College Research Travel Grant, Italy, Landscape Architecture, Study Abroad, Switzerland
Thanks to an Honors College Short-Term Research Travel Grant, landscape architecture student Beau Burris took a design tour through Europe this summer, stopping in Milan, Geneva, Paris, Versailles...
by srkirby | Jul 2, 2019 | Biology, Costa Rica, Honors College Research Travel Grant, Honors thesis, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Research Travel, Study Abroad
Biology and philosophy double-major Savannah Seupaul spent time in Costa Rica this summer, collecting data for her honors thesis. She and her team hoped to collect nests from the yellow-olive flycatcher, to test them for...
by srkirby | Jun 19, 2019 | Honors College Study Abroad Grant, International Studies, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Spain, Study Abroad
International studies/Latin American studies major Maeve Mitchell spent her spring semester abroad in Barcelona, Spain. Maeve knew about Barcelona’s reputation as a tourist destination, but only after she became a resident of the city did she begin to contemplate the negative effects of tourism, which she outlines here.
by srkirby | May 23, 2019 | College of Engineering, Honors College Study Abroad Grant, Industrial Engineering, Study Abroad, Sweden
Last fall, industrial engineering major Nathan Hemby spent four months studying in Sweden, where he was initially overwhelmed by…well, by almost everything: the different learning styles, the cold, dark winters, the unfamiliarity of the place. But he soon...
by srkirby | Nov 29, 2018 | Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Mexico, Study Abroad
Honors chemical engineering major Meagan Olsen spent her summer in Puebla, Mexico, studying Spanish and participating in an engineering-based service project. Here, she blends language-learning, history, tradition and community, using a color palette that is at once...
by srkirby | Oct 2, 2018 | England, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Libby Finch Award, Psychology, Study Abroad
Tea for One Hey! My name is Angela Thompson and this semester I get to live in one of the most famous cities in the world: London, England. I wanted to come to London because I wanted to experience that big city life and boy oh boy did I choose the right place. The...