UCR Around the Globe: Florence, Italy
Name: Linda On
Status: Second-year
Major : Pre-Business/Business Administration
City: Florence, Italy
Host Institution: UC Center Florence
Ciao, my fellow Highlanders.
This time last year I remember applying to study abroad in Florence, Italy for the summer of 2013. To...
UCR Around the Globe: Summer ‘16
Author: Cydney Contreras, SSW
My second home for the past month has been a charming old city in the Netherlands called Maastricht. Like most of Europe, it is diverse and full of history, with cobblestoned streets...
UCR Around the Globe: London, UK
When I decided I wanted to study abroad, there was only one choice: London. And no, not (just) because I was hoping to run into Prince Harry. A previous trip when I was 11...
UCR Around the Globe: St. Petersburg, Russia
Name: Victoria Sarantapoulos
Status: Fourth year
Major: Global Studies/Peace and Conflict Studies
City: St. Petersburg, Russia
Host Institution: St. Petersburg State University
Upon receiving my acceptance letter to St. Petersburg State University for summer 2013, I was overwhelmed with...
UCR Around the Globe: London, UK
Name: Kimberly Huang
Major: Business Administration
Area of Study: London, UK
Year: Junior
Due to indecisiveness and procrastination, studying abroad seemed perpetually labeled as “saved for later” on my undergraduate bucket list. Summer was close by, and I...
UCR Around the Globe: Italy
Name: Andrew Whall
Status: Senior
Major: Bioengineering
Country: Italy
So that moment finally arrives when I’m left standing alone in LAX with that “Oh my God, what did I get myself into?” feeling. It was then that it...
UCR Around the Globe: Seoul, South Korea
Tina Kim
Year: Senior
Major: Entomology
Host Institution: International Summer School, Yonsei University
Chop! Chop! Chop! Here I am in Busan and handed an octopus that was chopped alive. It was still moving when it was given to...
UCR Around The Globe: Lyon, France
Name: Reggie Arevalo
Status: Senior
Major: French and Linguistics, double major
City, Country: Lyon, France
Host institution: University of Lyon
A glimpse of the French lifestyle, culture and society would be a fair summation of what I wanted to...
UCR Around the Globe: Russia
Name: Neil Crowley
Year: Senior
Major: History, Anthropology
Area of Study: Russian Area Studies
Country: RussiaI always had wanted to weather a Russian winter. For some reason, I thought doing so would give me an insight I lacked—considering...
UCR Around the World: York, United Kingdom
Name: Analise Gay
Year: 3rd year
Major: English
Country: York, United Kingdom
Area of Study: English
Before leaving for the United Kingdom I told numerous friends that I thought I might cry when border officials finally stamped my passport....