Category: Activities: Academics

Ella Calleri is an exchange student at Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid, Spain. She talks about how she navigated a new major country and how she integrated herself into the new culture, while on the Student Exchange Program. Read her colorful experience abroad from food, to dance, to classes, and meeting new friends abroad!

"I have been in Denmark for just over 1 month at this point and have absolutely loved it so far" says Gabriel De Grandis on the Student Exchange Program. He describes the cultural difference, safety, variety of food, thought-provoking classes, and much more, while attending Copenhagen Business School in Copenhagen, Denmark.

While on the Student Exchange Program in Ireland, Ryan Johnson attended a guest speaker event in his Social Enterprise course at Trinity College Dublin. He learned about businesses making positive social impact from Elizabeth Suda's jewelry company called Article 22. They are based in Laos and pieces are created out of shrapnel (bomb fragments) by local artisans to help clear undetonated bombs.

Ryan Johnson shares his experience at Trinity College Dublin located in Dublin, Ireland, the number one university in Ireland. While on this Student Exchange Program, he describes the class (or "module" as they call it in Trinity) enrollment process, class structure, the diverse student population, his class schedule, his struggles and advice to adjust to a new an education system abroad!

Bella Myers has started her semester abroad on the Student Exchange Program! She shares her advice on the similarity and differences studying at Trinity College Dublin and living in Dublin, Ireland. She comments on getting around town, to classes, exams, and grades in a university in Europe.