As in the USA, many countries have eased up Covid-19 protocols. KIIS remains committed to help safeguard the health, wellness, and safety of our participants, and to support the wellbeing of the local communities in the program host countries. KIIS…
How did studying abroad with KIIS become a family affair with both siblings studying abroad on KIIS programs? My mother had always talked about college as the best time to go abroad, as her friend in college did a year…
What prompted you to select the KIIS Greece program? I was taking a Greek Mythology class at the University of Louisville from Dr. Steve Watkins. He happened to be a faculty member on the KIIS Greece study abroad program. He…
In Japan, Kentucky is perhaps most associated with its fast-food avatar, KFC. Ever since 1974, when the Louisville-based brand (then known as Kentucky Fried Chicken) launched its phenomenally successful “Kentucky for Christmas” advertisement campaign in Japan, a bucket of KFC…
What prompted you to select the KIIS Greece program? By Fall Semester 2007, I switched from majoring in Telecommunications to a double major in Greek and Latin out of my love of etymology and Classical languages and linguistics. My Greek…
Dr. Matthew Herman teaches Music Theory and Composition at Western Kentucky University and also regularly teaches music courses on the KIIS Salzburg program. Recently he received an Honorable Mention award in the Music Teacher’s National Association Distinguished Composer Competition for…
I live for travel and nature which is part of why I love the KIIS programs so much. I saw so many beautiful waterfalls and lakes that just made me happy to be alive. There’s so much beauty in the…
Studying abroad on the KIIS Italy program was one of the best experiences of my life! I highly recommend it to everyone. I greatly value being able to travel the world and see things I had only imagined seeing, such…
Dr. Peter Fosl, a Philosophy professor at Transylvania University and a KIIS Barcelona Faculty member, recently published a research monograph, Hume's Scepticism, with Edinburgh University Press. His Philosopher's Toolkit also was published in a third edition with Wiley-Blackwell. Now translated into eight foreign…
Ever since I was a child I have been fascinated with Japanese culture; all my life some aspect of it has been present in my life. When I heard about the KIIS program, I knew that it was the perfect…
