Story Location: Ireland
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How My Ballet Shoes Defined My Experience in Ireland
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God bless late-night logic. To say that I am not the best packer would be a strong understatement. My usual tactic is to stare at my suitcase for three straight days in complete denial of my impending departure. One could say it’s less than productive. Consequently, any time that I’m about to embark on some…
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Worth It: Choosing a Study Abroad Program for Maximum Value
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Choosing a study abroad program can be a hard decision for anyone. I went through it myself in 2013 when I decided to look into the experience. I already knew I wanted to go to Northern Ireland– I had family there and had been once before for a brief period. So once the heavy lifting of “where”…
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3 Questions to Help You Pick The Perfect Study Abroad Destination
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“Where do you want to go for your study abroad period, Thomas?” The question that my mother, my friends, and my study abroad director asked before I left for Ireland in the spring of 2015. At first I was not sure where I wanted to go, but I knew I wanted to study in Ireland.…
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The Long-Term Benefits of Studying Abroad
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It doesn’t take a brain surgeon or a rocket scientist to figure out the short-term benefits of studying abroad. You get to spend a semester traveling the globe, eating exotic food, meeting interesting people, and immersing yourself in a different culture. You’ll have enough stories to last you all year, enough pictures to cover every…
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Hip Hip Hurrah! How Ireland Taught Me How To Be Silly
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It was the end of our first Netball match. We were panting and tired, trying to catch our breath and smelling foul. We stumbled over to benches, grinning in spite of our fatigue. All our practice and training over the last few weeks had paid off: we had played hard on the court and won…
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A Portrait of the Artist in a New Language
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Cadence Pentheny is a student at Franklin and Marshall College and studied abroad with IFSA-Butler at the National University of Ireland in Galway, Ireland.
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Hakuna Matata
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Hakuna Matata Really is a Wonderful Phrase My dad has always said I’m an “old soul,” mostly in reference to my overwhelming need to take responsibility. While it is nice to be counted on, it’s also exhausting– balancing classes, a rugby captaincy, clubs and a social life feels like more than a full-time job, and…
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Roommate Roundabout
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In the spring of 2013 I ventured to the Emerald Isle and studied abroad in Dublin Ireland. One of the best parts happened by pure luck and coincidence when I was placed in my flat with two male Irish roommates and a female American roommate. I arrived in Dublin and spent a week in the…
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Celtic Consciousness
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When I looked at colleges, one of my requirements, among the list of library size and English departments, was abroad programs. This was my chance to travel. When I wrote my abroad application essays, I spoke of my 15th-century like obsession with travel. Like most explorers of the time, I wanted to discover, not so…
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Waves of Thanksgiving: A Digital Story
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfIFeD3ydqw Katie Downey is a student at Berea College and studied abroad with IFSA at Queen’s University, Belfast, in 2011.
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