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: 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: Paris, France
Carina Glasser
Second Year
Media and Cultural Studies Major, Spanish Minor
France
UC Center Paris (Language and Culture Program)
I came to France without knowing any of the language, the culture or the monuments (besides the Eiffel Tower and...
UCR Around the Globe: Paris, France
Name: Alix Conde
Year: Junior
Major: Theater
City, Country: Paris, France
Host Institution: UC Paris
“I can look down on Paris and know why it is called the City of Light. It sparkles with lights and flowers. In the...
UCR Around the Globe: Semester at Sea
Name: William Lee
Year: Senior
Major: Psychology
Area of Study: Electives
Country: All around the globe!
While the majority of you were in class, I spent the last four months circumnavigating the entire world. My travels took me all...
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...
Highlanders Abroad
“It really was the time of my life”
Last July, I went to Japan as part of an ongoing study abroad agreement between UCR and our sister school, Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan. Just saying...
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 Globe: London, England
Name: Francisco Campos Malpica
Most people dream about traveling the world and experiencing new things in countries far away from home. Typically, they’ll have a list of places they would like to go with all the...
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....