“It showed me that I didn’t know as much as I thought I did” – Chelsi Colleton Chelsi Colleton knew from a very young age that she wanted to study abroad, and she did just that when she went to South Africa. In this episode we’ll hear about her multiple trips, and how Amherst College […]
“It matters where you go, but if you’re on the bubble, just go somewhere.” — Lauren Goetze I love when I interview someone and have to pull up the old maps to find out exactly where they went. That’s exactly what happened when I talked to Lauren about her trip to Botswana, which BTW is in the […]
“Learning how to understand and be comfortable in uncomfortable situations helped me, and I learned from them” — Kirsten Queoff In this interview we hear about Kirsten’s “GLOBAL HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING IN SPAIN AND MOROCCO TO COMBAT SEX-TRAFFICKING” faculty led program. The interview is different from any other interview I’ve conducted on The Study […]
“The premise was teaching them skills in western style mediation and negotiation so it would be easier to communicate with Nigeria in the Future” — Kelly Burello SHOW NOTES Living in Nigeria as a child 🧒 [1:59] Learning a difficult language 🎓 [3:33] Doubts before leaving 😕 [4:17] Living in Nigeria after receiving the Boren Award […]
Brandon Losh and Johnny Felsenthal did Semester at Sea and Berlin about as good as you can do it. They’re great friends who studied abroad in different locations at the same time and actually missed visiting each other by a two weeks. One of the ongoing themes throughout The Study Abroadcast is that they system just […]
Ok, so here’s what I did: Every study abroad company compiles annual lists of the most popular study abroad destinations based on data from students that studied abroad with them. I looked at all the lists and simply combined them into one, super list, which you can find below. The beauty of it is that […]
“If I want to go and have this experience, or if I want to go and have this meaningful conversation, then what’s stopping me besides myself?” — Michelle Andersen Michelle Andersen (First name IG, last name FB) was one of the most well spoken guests I’ve had on the show to date. She went on […]
“I think that’s so amazing that you can go somewhere and get a cultural understanding of what it’s like to live like someone else, and then bring that back to the U.S. and talk about it” — Maddie Morehead Maddie Morehead (first name Facebook, last name IG) is currently a social work major at Valparaiso University who plans […]
“I try to make my advisees understand that my study abroad experiences, work experiences, and personal travel experiences have altered the trajectory of my life” — Jeremy Doughty 🦘 Jeremy Doughty, who is the director of study abroad and off campus programs at St. Norbert College is quite well versed when it comes to international […]
“To study abroad is something that leverages us in a way that most other types of learning just doesn’t do.” — Dr. Geoff Bradshaw, Madison College Hong Rost Leadership Award winner, Dr. Geoff Bradshaw has overseen international education at Madison College for the past several years and has been an integral part in the school’s […]