International Business & Public Relations major Ali Kunkel '23 studied abroad in Barcelona during the spring of 2022. Studying abroad in Barcelona gives anyone the perfect mix of city life with the laid-back Spanish atmosphere. It felt completely different from the United States, but also completely different from other Mediterranean countries. During the Spring of... Continue Reading →
Finding My Path in Spain
This is an excerpt from a larger piece for the Honors Program at Elizabethtown College. In it, Sara shares about her transformative study abroad experience in Valladolid, Spain, and how her time there led her to many important revelations about her future. Though some may say the notion of studying abroad as an experience completely... Continue Reading →
Why Valladolid?
Olivia Geiger '20 is a senior Occupational Therapy student with a Spanish minor at Elizabethtown College. She spent the fall 2018 semester studying abroad in Valladolid, Spain. Olivia had many reasons to choose Valladolid, and she is happy with her decision to study there. Prior to studying abroad, Olivia had never left the United States.... Continue Reading →
The Truth about Returning Home from Studying Abroad
Daniella Moreira '19 is a senior international business major and international studies minor. She had the opportunity to spend a year studying in Barcelona, Spain. Coming home was one of the most difficult parts of Daniella’s experience abroad. Arriving in Barcelona, Daniella met the other BCA students and her host mom, whom became her best... Continue Reading →
Studying in Spain as a First-Generation College Student
Jaime Ramos '18 graduated from Elizabethtown College with a B.A. in Communications and a Spanish minor. He spent the spring semester of his junior year studying abroad in Valladolid, Spain. Jaime encountered many difficulties in trying to study abroad as a first-generation college student, but he succeeded in studying in Spain and was even inspired... Continue Reading →
How Studying Abroad Helped Me Choose the Peace Corps
Jaime Ramos ’18 majored in communications and minored in Spanish at Elizabethtown College. While at E-town, Jaime was a mentor for the College’s first-generation student program - Momentum, a campus tour guide, and a dancer. He also studied abroad in Valladolid, Spain for a semester. Following graduation, Jaime wanted to work in a Spanish-speaking country... Continue Reading →
Studying Abroad as a First-Generation College Student: A Journey
Jaime Ramos ’18 majored in communications and minored in Spanish at Elizabethtown College. While at E-town, Jaime was a mentor for the College’s first-generation student program - Momentum, a campus tour guide, and a dancer. The first time Jaime told his mother about studying abroad she said no. As a first generation college student, Jaime... Continue Reading →
The Study Abroad Experience: Barcelona, Spain
Bon dia from Barcelona, España! As I am writing this, I have been in Barcelona for about two months and have been loving every second of it. Before coming to Barcelona, I was honestly a tad bit nervous about the whole thing, especially living in one of the largest cities in Europe; now, I think... Continue Reading →
Senior Accepted into Peace Corps, will be stationed in South America
Senior corporate communications major Jaime Ramos has been accepted into the Peace Corps. His mission is to work with low-income Peruvian students in South America. Ramos will be stationed in South America for two years and three months. “I cannot wait to make a difference in the community that I will being living in,” he... Continue Reading →
Living with a Host Family: The Truth
Sarah Pomerantz is a senior international business major at Elizabethtown College. Besides immersing herself in musical theater, doing crafts and playing with her dog, Sarah has a passion for travel and spent her fall 2017 semester in Barcelona, Spain. Sarah had the opportunity to live with a host family and discusses it in her appropriately... Continue Reading →