Story Location: Costa Rica
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The Pros and Cons of STEM Abroad
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Writing about STEM is a bit foreign to me, because I only consider myself a sorta-STEM student. I started my college career as a strict social scientist, only to fall in love with environmental studies and ecology my sophomore year. Environmental studies at my home institution is half hard science, half social science – a…
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Growing Pains
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Growing Pains I can still remember, with absolute clarity, the emotions that surged through my body as the airplane descended through the lush mountains and billowing clouds into the Juan Santamaria International Airport. Joy, excitement, and a hint of anxiety were accompanied by this overwhelming feeling of peace. I had never set foot in Costa…
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Don’t Be “Wasteful” when Studying Abroad
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It is always easier to stick to the known and ignore the unknown because it is “scary,” but the unknown is where the adventures take place.I went to Costa Rica with eight other students from the United States. Initially, I told myself I was going to disconnect from the world, meaning no social media, no…
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A Sport of Passion – A Digital Story
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Futbol: It’s a game not only meant to be played, but celebrated within the community. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FVW1Z1I_aXE?feature=oembed Meredith Hovis is an Environmental Studies student at Meredith College and studied abroad with IFSA-Butler at Universidad Nacional in Heredia, Costa Rica.
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10 survival strategies for the first week of classes abroad
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New campus. New students. New professors. New subjects. New regulations. New languages.All of the change associated with studying at a new school is enough to drive even the most competent student mad. Here are a couple of tips I picked up from my experience of “syllabus week” at a foreign university. Get enough sleep: Just…
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