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Semester in Italy is Life Changing Experience for Junior Hannah Reysen

Wandering the country side with her camera in hand, Junior Hannah Reysen discovers beautiful places. But, what is more significant might be what she discovers inside during her study abroad semester in Italy.

Reysen, a business management and marketing major from Adell, Wis., grew up listening to her mother's stories about a trip to Brazil she took as a high school student. Those stories fostered an interest in Reysen that could not be quelled. There were moments of doubt over the years, but in the end, a few visits with Rae French, learning abroad coordinator, sealed the deal and opened up the possibilities. Read more >>>


 

Tiffany Breth - Kenya

Day 104: Only a few hours left before I leave Kenya. I don't even know how to fe...
Day 104: Only a few hours left before I leave Kenya. I don't even know how to feel, my emotions are so mixed. I'm going to miss my family. Its time for me to go home. I can't wait to see Ben and Bella and my family, tears come to my eyes thinking about it already. Goodbye Kenya, but not forever because I will be back.

Day 103: Today has been quite long and the days not even to supper time yet. The...
Day 103: Today has been quite long and the days not even to supper time yet. The power went out at 9am and its till not on. I have nothing to do except read and I'm sick of reading. I hope this doesn't happen tomorrow on my last day or it will be a super long day. I can't believe I only have one night left in kenya and then I'm on my way back home to Minnesota. I cant wait to hug my puppy and take a shower and eat food. Oh and the power was out for 10 hours today, but at least it came back on

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Danielle Wavra - Australia

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Alyssa Madsen - Ireland

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Past Student Adventures

China: Our Summer 2011 Cultural Journey

Tea Village in Hangzhou
On May 21, we went to Tea Village called 'Mei Jia Wu Village' in Hangzhou It was located a little far from the city which was pretty quiet and peaceful. Even though i enjoy drinking tea, i did not...

English Corner
This is Me and Nora, she had stopped Kristine, Alysia, and I and started to talk a little bit of English to us and asking all of us what we were in China for and how long we were...

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Trenton Brenny - Australia

Week 8
Sorry to those who have been following me-been kinda busy with midterms and everything else going on. Anyway, this past week I spent a week in the Outback-camping and hiking. If you are thinking of going to Australia GO TO...

Week 2 of classes down
Well the second week of classes if over and done with. Not much to report besides the weather. Mainly just trying to keep up with the study material and ALL the writting assignments. There's really only one class I have...

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Emily Caillier - Galaway, Ireland

The End...
Hello All, This will most likely be my last update to you from the land of the Leprechauns. I have one final left to complete tomorrow and than I will be all finished. Today will technically be my last day...

Homestretch
Hello there! So, I'm coming down to the end so this will be one of my last emails to you. I don't have too much to report back to you since all i've been doing is studying for my finals....

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Norway 2010

Final Pictures of the Norway Experience
Amazing, viewsAfter Norway some of the students went to ItalyOne of my favorite pictures of the girls...

Little bit of everything
Oh my gosh! Where do I start? We have been so busy! Sam and I are loving every minute of being in Norway. I haven't had time to blog because not only of wanting to take in every minute of...

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Raptors in Mexico - Daniel Kuske

Two Weeks Left
So I know I have not posted anything in a month, but there has not been too much exciting here. I had four girls staying in the house also, but two girls left two weeks ago and the other two...

Week Two
Well into week two of the internship is going great. I finished on friday with a nice easy day and was done by noon and back at the house about 1. Saturday I hung out with a friend from school...

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Health Practices in Ghana - Shawn Friedland

Pics of Shawns experiences
These are pictures taken off of Shawn's Facebook page.  I loved them and thought you all would enjoy seeing these pics as well.  Please feel free to comment....

Friday- July 9, 2010
Friday- July 9th, 2010 I am writing this at about 1:00 PM Ghana time. I just finished my last lunch here- white rice with chicken- I sure will miss that! Last night, we had some interesting adventures. A bunch of...

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 UMC Learning Abroad Profile - Tracy Nyhus Tracy Nyhus
Junior
Health Sciences - Pre-Dentistry
Kenya
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