Category: Student stories

Over the course of the semester, we will be collecting student stories about their experience with the pandemic and how that harmed their plans to study abroad. Our first story is from our student intern, John Daniel Mabilangan. Below John shares his story: “I was looking forward to studying abroad earlier this year. Being an… Read more Student Profile: John Daniel Mabilangan – How the Pandemic Impacted Study Abroad Plans

Patatas Bravas Recipe When I studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain, I was fortunate to take a tapas cooking class. Tapas are small plates, which are cultural food tradition in the city. My favorite tapas recipe was Patatas Bravas, a simple roasted potatoes dish topped with a spicy cream sauce. After learning this recipe, this dish… Read more Study Abroad Recipes – Patatas Bravas

The Towson University Study Abroad Office is sharing a new scholarship opportunity through the “Critical Language Scholarship” (CLS). Through this program, American college students can participate in a fully funded study abroad program while learning different languages. The languages offered in this program are Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, and many… Read more Critical Language Scholarship – How can this program benefit study abroad students?

Alumni Spotlight: Bradford Drewniak went to Towson University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology back in 2016 and obtained a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology in 2018. Bradford is a licensed clinical professional counselor, also known as a mental health therapist or LCPC, for short. Bradford specializes in working with teens… Read more Study Abroad Alumni Story – Bradford Drewniak

Meet Rachel Williams! Rachel is an incoming senior and a psychology major. In Fall 2019, she participated in the TU in Italy – Florence program. Below is a statement from Rachel about her study abroad journey: “The best part of studying in Florence, Italy for a full semester was all the amazing people I met.… Read more Study Abroad Student Spotlight – Rachel Williams

Meet Ayomide Fashola! She is an incoming senior and a psychology major. During the 2020 Minimester, Ayomide participated in the TU Faculty-Led program called TU Culture and Psychology: Argentina from a Psychological Perspective. Through this experience, she was able to study cross-cultural and industrial psychology. This allowed Ayomide to discover cultural differences between Argentina and… Read more Study Abroad Student Spotlight – Ayomide Fashola

Meet Rachel Lux! Rachel is a junior and a business administration major. She participated in the Spring 2020 TU in Scotland program before the COVID-19 pandemic. But even though her program got cut short, that did not stop Rachel from having the time of her life! Here is a statement from Rachel below: “Picking only… Read more Study Abroad Student Spotlight – Rachel Lux