Brown University conducted a survey titled “Diversity Issues in Study Abroad.” For my Becoming Globally Engaged class, it was one of our readings. It is over numerous students’ perspectives on different countries and cultures and what challenges they encountered. It was both shocking and eye-opening because I had never thought about or was aware of…
Month: September 2019
Study Abroad: Where and Why?
After being taught by my Spanish teacher the first two years of high school, I knew I wanted to become fluent in the language. Her thorough teaching and love for her culture and ethnicity ignited a fire in me. This fire has pushed me to pursue a degree in Spanish, and I have decided to…
Hurricane Dorian Strikes the Bahamas
Whenever I would hear about the Bahamas, I was instantly brought to think of traveling. Many of my friends back in middle school wanted to have their honeymoon there when they got married. Everything I heard was positive and happy news, but over the last few weeks, the news has been nothing but devastating for…
What Is Global Engagement?
If you ask 50 different people, “What is global engagement?”, chances are you are going to get 50 different responses. Every one relates to this question differently based off of who they are, how they grew up, what they have experienced thus far, and what media they constantly plug themselves into. For me personally, global…