Hi Rollins family, Dr. Meghan Harte Weyant, AVP of Student Affairs, recently shared a quote by Rumi: “live life as if everything is rigged in your favor.” There have been lots of good things that have happened to me since I’ve been in London. I got concert tickets to two of my favorite artists, I…
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Pre Fall Break London
I’m now nearing the halfway point in the term here in London. I’ve been taking classes one a day Monday through Wednesday with interning 4 hours on Wednesday and 8 hours Thursday and Friday. My internship placement (the Local Government Association Labour Party Division, LGA Labour for short) is amazing and it’s exactly what I…
Life In Spain
¡Hola! To kick off this month, I started taking classes in the international students department known as “La Casa de las Lenguas.” Currently, I am enrolled in four classes; Oral Expression, Spanish History, Spanish Literature, and Hispanic American culture! I am continuing learning a ton about Spanish life and culture, but inside and out of…
Chapter Two: Homesickness
I guess I just wasn’t expecting it to hit me so soon. I knew I would eventually get homesick, that was a given, but in October? I don’t know, that seems sudden. I miss my parents and my stupid brothers. I miss my dogs and my chickens. I miss my room and my candles. I…
Chapter One: Unexpected Friendship
Truthfully, I’ve never been very good at making friends. I’m quite awkward when meeting new people and find it to be an altogether unpleasant experience. So you can imagine my anxieties towards coming abroad and having to meet many new people and live with four complete strangers. But they quickly dissipated. I find it quite…
Loving London and her markets
Hello, Rollins family! The Office of International Programs at Rollins does a good job at explaining what to expect while studying abroad at Queen Mary University of London. During orientation here, most of the information shared was not a surprise. I knew coming into Queen Mary that I would have less contact hours, less frequent…
How Rome is treating me so far:
Ciao from Rome! I have been studying in Rome now for about a month and a half and it has been an interesting and awesome experience! I am enjoying getting to know the culture and the language, as well as embracing my identity as a foreigner and learning about who I am in a new…
Interning in Washington D.C.
One of the biggest components of the Washington Semester Program in D.C. is having an internship in one of the most important cities for lawmaking, politics, advocacy, and journalism. As a senior, this appealed to me a lot as I want as much professional experience as possible before graduating. Due to this, I wasted no…
Among the Hills of Swabia
If I were to choose one feature of Reutlingen that never ceases to amaze me, it would be the nature (specifically, the hills) surrounding the village. Coming from a relatively small city in Florida, I’ve always preferred quiet, quaint locations to large, busy, and bustling ones. Reutlingen’s location in the beautiful German region of Swabia…
Living in & Exploring Ireland (so far)
Admittedly, I have let time slip away from me in a ‘close my eyes and two weeks have passed – oops closed my eyes again’ kind of way. Ireland has brought a lot of stress out of me, but I’ve also gotten to see many beautiful places. Upon arriving, I’d been conscious for upwards of…