My name is Amanda Reid, and I am a junior at Towson double majoring in Spanish and International Studies and planning to graduate in the spring of 2018. I was born and raised in Bel Air, Maryland, so travelling through ISA to Madrid, Spain for nine months was a huge life change for me. Before… Read more How to Survive Reverse Culture Shock 101
Leili Zamini studied abroad in Spring 2015 in Seville, Spain prior to graduating from Towson with a B.S. in Chemistry and a minor in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics. Leili applied for and was awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman scholarship for study abroad and was recently highlighted by the same program. Learn more about the… Read more STEM student in Spain
Dr. Alexandra M. Towns, graduated from Towson University in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in International Studies. Her study abroad experiences at Towson consisted of the German Language Immersion program in Summer of 2002 at Carl Von Ossietsky University in Oldenburg, Germany, the Spanish Language Immersion program in Cuernavaca, Mexico over Minimester in 2003, and… Read more Q&A with one of our previous study abroad superstars!
We are thrilled to announce that Towson’s very own Jarrett Booz has been awarded a $2,500 scholarship from The Education Abroad Network for his studies next fall at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. The scholarship is part of TEAN’s 20 for 20 initiative, in which they are awarding 20 scholarships to celebrate their 20… Read more Towson Student Wins TEAN Scholarship
Name: Maggy Kay Year: Junior Study Abroad Term: Spring 2015 Destination: Jerusalem, Israel When deciding where to study abroad, what led you to choose your destination? I have always wanted to study abroad in Israel. It wasn’t that I wanted to study abroad and then chose Israel. I knew that I wanted to study abroad… Read more A Spring in Israel
Name: Rachel Urban Graduation Term: Spring 2015 Major: Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Hometown: Amity Harbor, New York So tell us about your trip to Greece. I studied abroad in Greece during the summer of 2012. It was a Towson-led program, meaning a Towson professor, Dr. Ballengee, traveled with us to various cities. There were… Read more Life in Greece: A Student’s Story
Kelly Langford, a current senior, participated in last year’s faculty-led program in Greece with Dr. Ballengee. With the program going again this year, we thought it was a great time to speak with her about her experience. Q: When choosing to study abroad, what led you to pick this program? A: When I was a first year… Read more Q&A: Kelly and the Faculty-Led Program to Greece
Name: Samantha Thompson Major: Elementary Education Graduation Year: Spring 2015 Hometown: Bel Air, MD We’re so pleased to have the chance to talk with Samantha about her experience not once but TWICE in Ireland, first with a provider and a second time as an independent traveler. We hope you enjoy the interview as much as we did! Where did… Read more Erin go Bragh: Interning in Ireland
This post is the fifth installment in a semester-long series of posts from Towson senior Allie Woodfin. Allie is studying this Fall 2014 semester at the University of Avignon. You can also follow along on her tumblr at:http://provisoirementprovencale.tumblr.com/ People who travel often tell me that there are some foods that hold major significance for them—a tureen of… Read more How a Recipe Led to a Conversation about WWII
This post is the sixth installment in a semester-long series of posts from Towson senior Allie Woodfin. Allie is studying this Fall 2014 semester at the University of Avignon. You can also follow along on her tumblr at: http://provisoirementprovencale.tumblr.com/ “Every form of happiness is private” Like a stained-glass window in a cathedral, anything epic, memorable, and beautiful is… Read more Happiness is Private: Studying Abroad for You, Not Social Media
