Away We Go
The Office of the Provost sponsors a number of grant programs, including the Circumnavigator Club Foundation’s Around-the-World Study Grant and the Undergraduate Research Grant. Some of the students on these grants end up traveling and having a variety of amazing experiences. We wanted to give some of them the opportunity to share these experiences with the broader public. Our inaugural group of bloggers last summer roved from Belize to Russia, Rwanda to Italy. This year our new group is more than twice in size and will lead us on new adventures both here and abroad. It is our hope that this opportunity to blog will deepen the experiences for these students by giving them a forum for reflection; we also hope these blogs can help open the eyes of others to those reflections/experiences as well. Through these blogs, perhaps we all can enjoy the ride as much as they will.
Undergrad Research Blogs
Hallo - Posted to Geschäftlich nach Deutschland by pcivetta
Hallo. Ich bin William Krinsman. Mehr kommt später. Bookmark to:
New Adventures! - Posted to Biking Across America: In Search of American Heimat by pcivetta
6/16/13 Hello everyone and thanks for reading my blog! I start my trip across America tomorrow morning. Because I have a few last minute preparations to make, I must cut this quite short, but stay tuned, as I will be posting consistently for the next six weeks. More soon, Nicole. Bookmark to:
Today is the day. Though this trip has been eight months in the making, it still doesn’t feel real. I never thought June 17th would actually come; my itinerary always seemed more like a hypothetical string of events than reality. When deciding to apply for the Circumnavigators Travel-Study Grant, my reasoning was undoubtedly: Why not? (Read More)
Yesterday I learned: Pharmacies are very different in Italy. I had some sort of eye infection and walked into the pharmacy to see if they had any eye drops. The pharmacist proceeded to ask me about my symptoms, and then gave me an antibiotic. What would have taken a doctor’s appointment and prescription in the (Read More)
Getting Started - Posted to Pintxos and Participation in ETA: My summer in el País Vasco by pcivetta
Before I studied abroad in Madrid last year, I had never heard the word “nationalisms” used in conversation. When I pictured “nationalism” it was always singular: a byproduct of my living in the United States, no doubt. I remember telling my host mom, Leticia, how odd it was to hear that within one country there (Read More)
You, Me, & JD - Posted to The World is a Book: A Page in Rwanda by Lydia
“Can you play it for me?” I look up from the book. It is 2:00 AM and the rest of the entourage is busy eating wings and samosas and talking about going out to a club. But his pasta carbonara is untouched and he points to the worn copy of Liszt’s “Un Sospiro” that (Read More)
