From Elizabethtown College to the Global Community
Elizabethtown College recently announced that Shanna Kirgan, a senior English education major, received a Fulbright award that will allow her to continue her studies in Turkey. The Fulbright Award offers many different kinds of scholarships, such as research grants, music and art-specific grants and foreign policy fellowships. Kirgan received an award that will allow her... Continue Reading →
While studying abroad, we have found that there are many differences between American and British culture. One of the most prominent differences is how easy it is for people, especially students, to travel within the country. Traveling is obviously a big reason why studying abroad is appealing to college students. It gives them the opportunity... Continue Reading →
“You see a very different area of the world,” is a sentence Dr. Michael Roy, associate professor of psychology at Elizabethtown College, uses to describe his trips to South Africa. Roy is leading the Peace and Conflict Studies May term trip to South Africa this semester. During the two week trip students visit Johannesburg and... Continue Reading →
Katie Appleby ’15 studied Spanish education while studying at Elizabethtown College. She had the opportunity to study abroad in Xalapa, Mexico. Katie arrived in Mexico on July 19. To complete their pre-semester course, she and her group stayed in Cuernavaca. On her first day, they visited the school where she and her peers studied for... Continue Reading →
Senior Jill Casey recently received a Fulbright Scholarship, which will allow her to attend Aberystwyth University in Wales. This scholarship will aid Casey in her journey toward achieving her Master’s Degree in International Relations. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international education exchange program, sponsored by the U.S. government, designed to “increase mutual understanding between... Continue Reading →
It all began July 21, 2012, when my plane touched down in Quito, Ecuador. A three-day hostel stay and the BCA Study Abroad orientation followed. The reality of the whole thing finally hit me: I wouldn’t be returning home for five months. While this realization made me want to find a dark corner and assume... Continue Reading →
Blue Jays Abroad 