Amherst College Global Education Blog
I chose to study abroad in Ghana for a variety of reasons, but I think I can finally admit that one of them was to take the road less traveled. We all know about the programs in Copenhagen and Kyoto, or the semesters in New Zealand and Spain. Yet one continent that is often overlooked for study abroad is Africa.
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Why do we go to Denmark? Francis Fukuyama, in After the End of History (2022) If Americans want to live the American dream, they should go to Denmark. Richard Wilkinson, in Oxfam Inequality Report (2021) In this blog post, I outline my tentative answers to questions I set out my study-abroad with. These are questions about Denmark as the premier
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Hello everyone! My name is Woohyun and I am thrilled to share my study abroad experience with all of you throughout the semester. I will be studying in Salamanca, Spain through the IES Psychology program where I will be taking a variety of courses in the Spanish language, education, and psychology. I am looking forward to taking courses in education
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Hi everyone! My name is Woohyun and I am an Education Studies major from Bergen County, NJ. I will be spending this semester in Salamanca, Spain studying psychology along with Spanish history and culture. I am thrilled to learn psychology through the Spanish cultural lens and immerse myself in the local community throughout my time abroad. As a GEO correspondent,
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¡Hola! My name is Jackeline Fernandes and I’m a senior majoring in English and Psychology at Amherst. I’m from Port Washington, New York—an often humid waterfront town out in the Long Island suburbs—which is one of the many reasons why I’m excited to spend this semester in dry Salamanca, Spain. In documenting my time in Spain with the IES
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In my second post, I introduced what it is I wish to explore during my time in Japan. It was split into roughly three categories– food, the tea ceremony, and traditional festivals. The initial research I conducted about these topics was accurate, but the real experiences were much more impactful. This fifth post will serve as a conclusion of my
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Hi everyone! My name is Maddie, and I’m a first-semester junior from Oakland, California currently studying Spanish. This spring, I’m going to be studying abroad in Ecuador with the USFQ Galápagos Semester Program. I’m so excited to be embarking on this journey and to have the opportunity to learn more about our environment/how we can work to protect it! Thanks
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Hej! I’m Haru (Harufumi Nakazawa), studying abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark for the semester. At Amherst I am a junior majoring in economics and sociology. I am also an international student from Tokyo, Japan enjoying my study-abroad ^2 experience right now! In Copenhagen, I am concentrating on my primary interest in migration studies, taking courses on international refugee law, the Scandinavian
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Hello, my name is Mia Griffin and I am a first-semester senior majoring in Economics from Loudoun, Virginia. This semester, I am studying at the University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana. As I document my time abroad, I hope to highlight the rich culture that defines Ghana and also help dispel the oversimplification of African countries. Ghana
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Hi everyone! For this blog, I gathered a few photos and a video that I took while in France that show a little bit of my life in Paris. I hope you can get a sense of the intersection between daily life in France and politics from these photos. This photo was taken during an annual holiday in France in
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