just some beautiful experiences both local and abroad
Every time I have told some of my friends or family members that I want to study abroad, they always laughed. “Traveling is too expensive… where are you going to find that kind of money?” or “You’re too young to be going abroad alone.” To say I would get frustrated with these responses would be…
Fabio de Sa e Silva is a professor here at the University of Oklahoma. He teaches a module of the class Understanding the Global Community in the fall and spring and a class called Modern Brazil in the springs. As a global engagement fellow, I am required to take the class Understanding the Global Community,…
Ernesto Sirolli a sustainable development expert who got his start by doing aid work in the 70s in Africa, but he came to the realization after being there for so long. He released a Ted Talk in September 2012 titled “Want to help someone? Shut up and listen!”, and it’s all about how although you…
Coming from a family, living in the United States who wasn’t rich but we never hardcore struggled with money, I can’t even begin to imagine living on simply a dollar a day. Anywhere you go to get food here, there is not really any place you could get a meal for that amount, let alone…
Just like the United States of America and Mexico, Turkey and Syria share a border, therefore the countries are used to be involved with each other. Syria has been in a civil war since the year of 2011. This internal conflict was brought on by an uprising against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,…
In high school, I was very involved in different clubs. Coming to college, I wanted to continue being active in organizations that interested me. One club I was apart of in high school was Spanish Club. I thoroughly enjoyed it because I was interested in both the language and Hispanic culture. After our Spanish program…
Before I dive into my opinion, I want to state that I am biracial, meaning my mother is white and my father is black. I grew up without my father after the age of 7, and I have been raised in a white household in a small town that was predominantly white. Since this is…
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…
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…
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…
