Amherst College Global Education Blog
It’s hard to recap everything I learned about Spain and its sustainability practices in a single blog post. Condensing an entire semester’s worth of knowledge and research is immensely difficult, and I never know what information is most pertinent to the topic at hand. Given this small disclosure, please note that what I talk about is only a small fraction
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¡Hola a todes! ¡Bienvenido a vuelta a mi blog de sustanabilidad (translation: welcome back to my sustainability blog). I’ve now been in Spain for approximately 24 hours, and, my goodness, has it been a wild ride! I can’t remember the last time when I felt more overwhelmed—and I once moved across the country to live in a new city by
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¡Hello everyone! ¡Bienvenido a Madrid! My name is Maddie, and I am so excited to spend the next semester with you all, learning about Spain and some of the environmental issues that are present there. However, before we dive into that, let me explain a little bit more about how I ended up here in the first place. Being a
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Hi everyone! My name is Maddie, and I’m a first-semester junior from Oakland, California currently studying Spanish. This fall, I’m going to be studying abroad in Madrid, Spain (and then Ecuador in the spring)! While in Europe, I’ll be participating in the Middlebury Language Exchange Program and living with a host family. Hopefully, this will enable me to finally progress
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Last semester, when I told people that I would be spending the spring in Sevilla, everyone, from make-up artists at Sephora to old family friends, responded exclusively in superlatives. Before I set foot in Spain, I was prepared to find myself in a city with the best festivals, flamenco, architecture, and Spanish tortilla. A city full of uniquely open and
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Hi! My name is Naomi. I am a member of the class of 2021, majoring in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought with a Five College Certificate in International Relations. This spring, I am studying abroad in Seville, Spain through the Liberal Arts Program at CIEE Seville. While in Seville, I hope to explore the impact of culture and tradition on
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Hello! My name is Stuart Robbins and I am an American Studies major at Amherst. This semester, I will be seeking to develop a more nuanced and global perspective through my studies at Syracuse University in Madrid, Spain. I am most excited to increase my Spanish language skills and immerse myself in Spanish culture. During the semester I will
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¡Hola! My name is Anthony Phillips and I am a Junior studying Sociology at Amherst College. I am going to Granada, Spain for my Fall 2018 semester and I am so excited! I will travel internationally for the first time and immerse myself in a different culture. My goal is to improve my Spanish speaking skills and to evolve as
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Written by Ruth Manzanares ’18 The date is January 4th, 2017. It’s 4 in the morning and I can’t sleep. I don’t know if it’s from nervousness, excitement, or a combination of the two. All I know is that I’m about to embark on the journey of my life. In just a few hours I will be on a plane
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¡Hola a todos! My name is Molly Pines and I’m a rising junior from outside of San Francisco. At Amherst, my majors are English and Spanish, my extracurriculars are swimming, tour guiding, and Amherst Dance, and my interests include food, poetry, exercise, all types of music, and taking long walks. This Fall, I’m excited to be studying abroad in
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