The Power of a Pausa
“It was worth pushing through the unknown to experience all that Spain offered. I wish that I had understood beforehand that friends are a guarantee, as I never felt lonely, and eventually the unknown becomes known.”
¡Muchas Gracias Madrid!
Caroline Kilo is an honors nursing major and Spanish minor from St. Louis, Missouri, who studied abroad in Madrid this past summer. While abroad, Caroline found the powerful impact on learning that comes from being completely immersed in another language and culture....
A Romanesque Holiday
Political science and African & African American studies double major Maxwell Carter spent a semester in Spain last year — here he writes of his trip through Catalonia, where a separatist movement was taking center stage in regional politics. The Bodenhamer...
Tourists Go Home
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.
An Explorer Shares Her Craft
Junior nursing major and Path student Julissa Cervantes spent her summer thriving among the roses and crowds of Madrid, where she improved her Spanish grammar while interacting with locals and expanding her gustatory horizons. Here she writes about the value of...