I had always thought studying abroad was for art majors who wanted to go to Italy, or language majors who wanted to go to … well, Italy. However, after a friend of mine returned from Jordan unscathed and loaded with stories that put any of my Friday-night-in-Auburn memories to shame, I decided to look into…
While visiting Auburn during my senior year of high school, I can recall my sister, Katie, calling and informing me that during my sophomore year of college we would be traveling together to Dublin, Ireland to study abroad for a semester. With the thought of this, I excitedly agreed, but didn’t actually see it panning…
Over the span of my time in college, I have never learned so much as when I studied abroad last fall in the Amazon. The course I did wasn’t the typical study abroad semester, however. It was an NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) course. The trip consisted of us camping in the back jungles of…