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Blog : Topic: ISEP Voices
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blog Study Abroad Starter Guide: Packing Tips, Life and Adventures This is the perfect starter guide for traveling to the UK... from what to pack, to meeting new friends and everything in between.
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blog Seize the Day in Switzerland The first month is always the most challenging but I'm more prepared and excited to take on the rest of my time abroad.
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blog How to Be a Tourist Without Being a “Tourist” The word 'tourist' is a host for all sorts of negative stereotypes that are hard to shake off no matter where you go in the world. However, while stereotypes do often stem from the truth, the fear of being labeled negatively as a tourist can hold you back from important experiences while abroad.
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blog Last Days of Your Exchange During the last month of my exchange program, I found myself avoiding calendars. I was literally in denial that I would have to leave in a few weeks. My host university had become my home and knowing that I would leave without knowing when I will be back was an unbearable thought.
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blog Connecting With Nature While Studying Abroad When I say I’m from New York, people always think “Oh, Manhattan!” However, I’m from Hyde Park, a small town about an hour and a half north of the city. While it’s not super upstate, it’s far enough that I am surrounded by nature.
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blog Celebrating Holidays Abroad Until my semester abroad, I hadn't celebrated any serious holidays away from my family and friends...and then Easter rolled around. Easter in Finland is celebrated a bit more widely than at my home university. The whole week leading up to Easter Sunday, the University of Jyvaskyla
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blog Auditioning for TedX in Turku, Finland On April 7, I took the stage at SparkUp Turku with a four-page speech about intersectional identity and epigenetics as seen through the metaphor of houses and walls. It was one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever had the pleasure of doing.
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blog Traveling through Ghana There are many things, places, and people to see in Ghana, but these have been a few of my favorite. Traveling helps make Ghana stay as new and exciting as the first week I arrived.
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