Tag: study abroad
Students returning from abroad left confused amidst housing issues
As some students return from a holiday break at home, others are returning from semesters spent around the world. Claire Wilson-Black (junior) said that...
Lessons Learned: (Re)making home at Occidental
I was in Spain in the fall, and now I am here, both again and for the first time. While Occidental could hardly be called...
Study abroad more competitive than ever, many students denied for...
In Fall 2024, more Occidental students will be studying abroad than ever, but there is a caveat. Due to an extreme increase in students...
Study abroad rates climb slowly after COVID-19 pandemic
Students are slowly studying abroad again, according to Robin Craggs, the executive director of the International Programs Office (IPO) who said the rate of...
Juniors abroad: ‘Visiting a place is so different from living there’
As the spring semester begins, students who were abroad in the fall returned to campus. Lily Carson (junior) studied abroad in Granada, Spain where...
Occidental students in Korea react to Seoul tragedy
Oct. 29, a crowd crush caused by a Halloween celebration with more than 100,000 attendees killed 154 people in Itaewon, a neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea....
Occidental juniors in search of the ancient musky rat-kangaroo
While Occidental students soak up the Los Angeles sun, Ian Becker (junior) and Adriano Cantelmi (junior) have been hiking through Australian rainforests in search of...
Students hoping to study abroad in spring await final decision
With travel guidelines changing constantly and the Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) implementing new COVID-19 policies, students planning on studying abroad in...
Letter to the Editor: COVID-19 reveals shortcomings in IPO’s crisis preparedness
COVID-19’s effect as a global pandemic extends far beyond fears of catching the highly contagious illness — economies have tanked, unemployment has risen and...
My not-so-hot Italian semester: how coronavirus hysteria plagued my study abroad...
While I was studying abroad in Rome, Italy, an IES Abroad Rome administrator emailed all its participants Feb. 24 stating that we would have online...