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Tag Archives: study abroad

Bringing the World Back to K

Now that spring quarter is finally here, campus is starting to get busier for numerous reasons:  spring is just around the corner (although Michigan weather likes to hide the high temperatures until the last possible minute), anxious seniors are starting … Continue reading

Sickness!

Last February, I got a mild cold and went to the student health center at K where they hooked me up with some of the best cold medicine I have ever had. Seriously, it worked miracles. I wish I remembered … Continue reading

Thanksgiving in Budapest

As Kalamazoo College students put the finishing touches on papers, capped their pens, closed their laptops, and stuffed their dirty laundry into the trunks of their cars to head home for a long winter break and the holiday season, the … Continue reading

“Studying” Abroad.

Funnily enough, when you study abroad – you actually have to go to school. Who would have thought?! In Budapest, there are two programs that Kalamazoo College students can apply to: Cognitive Science or Mathematics through historic Eotvos Lorand University … Continue reading

Fifth week is the same in every country.

There are few things more dreaded than the infamous fifth week at Kalamazoo College. Midterms, exams, and events all seem to collide around fifth week and even though you know it’s coming, there is no way to avoid it. Fourth … Continue reading

Observations on Hungarians.

Here are a few things that I have noticed about Hungarians over the two months that I have been here. My interactions with Hungarians are not that different from those that I have with Americans. On a day to day … Continue reading

Buda and Pest – my home cities

It’s a cloudy Friday afternoon in Budapest as my roommate and I sit on our respective beds, listening to the Black Keys, our laptops open to Facebook, and the dull sounds of a restless dorm are lulling us into well-deserved … Continue reading

What can happen in a year

A year ago today, I began training to be a resident assistant for Trowbridge Hall. I had the ‘benefit’ of moving two weeks before school started for training. Benefit, indeed. There were no athletes to help me move in on … Continue reading

The interview process in rural China

My research team was dubbed "the water rats" and anointed with mud at Xiaolongdi, one of the most famous dams on the Yellow River.

A caravan of government cars led our bus from the hotel and down the highway, turning off onto narrow and bumpy country roads. The government cars’ hazard lights are all blinking to show off the caravan, and our bus driver … Continue reading

Finding K in the weirdest places

Today, I realized that I am exactly half way through college. Not only do I have two more years of study, but my summer just hit the midway mark. In just under seven weeks, I will be on a plane … Continue reading