study abroad
Preparing For Your Time Abroad
Friday, January 20, 2017
As this is my first blog post, I will tell everyone a little about myself. My name is Quinn Terrill; I’m a senior at the University of Iowa studying Human Physiology and planning on a very epic victory lap after this semester is over.
The first week in France: managing expectations abroad
Friday, January 20, 2017
Each morning when I wake up in my French apartment, I feel a tiny flicker of panic. Where am I? What am I doing? How could I possibly have packed up and left my entire life behind in the States? Each morning, I make myself a cup of chocolate-pear tea (weird, I know, but I’m making my way through the entire tea section of Carrefour), look out the window at my new city, and reacquaint myself with my new life. Each morning, it gets a little easier.
Meet our Spring 2017 Study Abroad Bloggers!
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Happy New Year, Hawkeyes! We're excited to announce our Study Abroad Bloggers for the spring 2017 semester. These unique individuals were selected from a competitive pool of writers to tell the story of their destination and represent the voice of University of Iowa students while abroad. Throughout the semester, these students will share their experiences through writing and photography to be published weekly here on International Accents.
Pre-Departure
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Emotional maturity is listed as a pre-req for my Rwanda-based program and, considering I’ll be studying the aftermath of a genocide that took 800,000 victims in 100 days, it isn’t hard to see why.
Study Abroad hosts open advising for international undergrads Feb. 7
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Start planning your study abroad experience and learn about available scholarships at Study Abroad's Open Advising event being held Tuesday, February 7, from 10am-2pm in 1117 University Capitol Centre.
IES internship abroad info session to be held Jan. 30 & 31
Friday, January 6, 2017
Learn about earning UI credit while spending eight weeks during the summer interning full-time in the field of your choice.
Study abroad hosts Feb. 2 info session on New Zealand
Friday, January 6, 2017
Learn about UI’s new partnership with The Education Abroad Network (TEAN) and our new sponsored programs in New Zealand!
A final blog from Bolivia
Thursday, January 5, 2017
After disappearing from my weekly blog for two months (sorry, UI International Programs!!), I wanted to leave some final thoughts on my time in Bolivia.
Chinese hospitals: quick survival guide
Thursday, January 5, 2017
How will doctors treat me if I fall sick in China?” “How will my medical bills be handled?” “How will I communicate vital information such as allergies to the medical staff if I have an emergency?” These are questions that many foreign students, including me, often forget to consider upon their arrival to China.
La Familia Anfitriona Correcta
Monday, December 5, 2016
I want to preface this post by saying that my host family here is fanfreakingtastic. I love them as if I were related to them, and I feel like an actual part of their family: an older sister, a cousin, a niece, a granddaughter. My host sister, Rosario (who would like everyone to know she’ll be six very soon), apparently threw her school psychologist for a loop when she started telling people she had an older sister from the United States. I’ve known Amparo, the two-year-old, for practically a quarter of her life. I will cry when I leave them, and I know my host mom will be right there with me. My mamita and tía (grandmother and aunt) have asked me when I’m coming back to Chile, and I haven’t even left yet.
Study abroad scholarship information session to be held Dec. 1
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
UI Study Abroad will host a scholarship information session on Thursday, December 1, from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. in International Commons, 1117 University Capitol Centre.
SIT Study Abroad info session will be held Dec. 2
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
UI students who are interested in field-based research projects abroad are invited to attend an information session with SIT Study Abroad on Friday, December 2, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. in Room 2390 University Capitol Centre, featuring guest speaker Dr. Azim Khan, academic director at SIT.
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