When Courtney first told me that she wanted to study abroad, I thought to myself no way. But, the more she began to explain how studying abroad would help her in her educational career it didn’t sound too bad. Furthermore,…
The Gilman scholarship will have a huge impact on my education and professional life upon returning from the KIIS Greece Summer Study Abroad Program. More importantly, it has impacted my self-worth by showing me that I can achieve monumental things…
It’s been 58 days since I’ve returned from Greece at the time I am writing this, and there hasn’t been a day when I haven’t thought of and missed it. It was my first time traveling overseas, first time on…
Berea College offers many unique opportunities, and while I have taken advantage of as many as possible during my time here, studying abroad was undoubtedly my favorite. I went to Segovia, Spain for 90 days, and I thoroughly enjoyed my…
I hoped to at least try to meet up with my Greek relatives before going to Greece, but I wasn't sure if it was going to work out or not because they are from an island called Karpathos which is…
Last December I made the decision to study abroad for the first time. It was not a simple choice, but one that I had to work towards, making sure that everything was supposed to work out the way it should.…
My whole purpose to study abroad was to graduate on time. I've always wanted to study abroad but with my major and minor, it's not very flexible. Then I got an email from KIIS about a Winter study abroad opportunity,…
This past Monday, my fellow KIIS members and I took the train to Nara to spend the day with students at Tenri Elementary. I was particularly excited, of course, to have the opportunity to actually go into a Japanese classroom…
I did it to myself. Everyone had told me. In fact, they had told me multiple times: “pack light.” I thought I had. I packed what I thought I needed, took a few things out, and had plenty of room…
After completing a ten-week summer internship in Washington, D. C., I’d like to think that I can go anywhere and not look like a tourist. I thought wrong. The day after Christmas I, along with several other students and a few…
