Program Stage Articles

Reflections on Florence
Reflections on Florence

As I take my last final exam today, spend my last day in Florence tomorrow & board a plane back to New York after 4 months of being away from everyone and everything I love on Saturday, I wanted to take some time to reflect on my experience & everything I have learned since being abroad.

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My Fatalistic Relationship with Dance
My Fatalistic Relationship with Dance

As I look to the prospect of having to go back to the United States and face a cold snowless winter, I want to squeeze in some last bits of analysis on my experience here and share with you all what I’ve learned.

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Shoutout to API for saving my trip to Atacama
Shoutout to API for saving my trip to Atacama

There was something compelling about feeling connected to a group of long lost ancestors, even with all our modern trappings, by finding some form of diversion in looking at the sky. To imagine that, from a material perspective, we are the universe observing itself. That was really cool.

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Continuing the Study Abroad Experience at Home

It’s already been a few weeks since your return and no one seems to want to hear about your stories anymore. So, what now? How can you keep your study abroad experience and passion for other cultures going?

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