Category Stories: Gender
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Traveling Alone Abroad and Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid
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Everyone knows traveling is a huge part of the study abroad experience. It’s something that every student looks forward to, no matter where they go, taking in new sites and experiencing as much of whatever part of the world they find themselves in. For most students, such trips are usually undertaken in groups of friends.…
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Studying Abroad as a Woman of Color
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If you’re a student of color who is interested in going abroad, it can be both exciting and challenging. You learn to navigate a new environment with an entirely different history and because of that, an entirely different political climate. That results in different attitudes about issues of race and ethnicity. I identify as a…
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Wait, Who Am I Living With? Multicultural Living Abroad
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It’s 10 pm on Tuesday July 14th. I’m sitting on the floor of the LAX airport trying to steady my breathing to refrain from having a panic attack. I read the sign blinking on the screen at the terminal: “35 minutes to boarding…” “30 minutes until boarding…” The time seems to be flying by. My…
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Underrepresented: A Call for Men to Study Abroad
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Men, it’s time to take a step out of our comfort zones. It’s time to address our fears of unfamiliar environments. What am I referring to? Unfortunately, college men have a stigma toward studying abroad. Each year, only half as many men study abroad as women. For one reason or another, guys tend to be…
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Safety Considerations as a Female Studying Abroad
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Many people desire to explore the world, and no one desires to fulfill that instinctive drive to discover more than college students. This may stem from the need for cultivating different perspectives, relaxation, fun, a new chapter, etc. Traveling solo may help women, in particular, gain a sense of personal independence. However, when it comes…
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The Day I Died: A Journey Back to Reality
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I rolled out of bed with my eyes glued shut, creeped lazily down the stairs, and poured myself a cup of coffee. After stuffing a heaping bowl of Rice Krispies down my throat, I climbed into the basement, and went back to paradise. In the cozy basement of my home, I raced around a crowded and…
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Two Guys, Two Months, and a Minivan
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Kilian and I were very lucky. We met on my first day at the University of Otago in Dunedin, NZ while we were both waiting in line to change our courses for the coming semester. A few weeks in to our friendship, Kilian and I decided we needed to be mobile because we were both going…
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Australia Makes Me Feel Beautiful
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The other day I rediscovered a journal entry I had written on one particularly happy day in Australia, when I had sat down and thought about how my life was different on this continent than it was back home. I questioned why I was so much happier and stress free in a strange country halfway…
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