Are you curious about studying abroad but would feel more comfortable on a short-term faculty-led program? Then, you'll want to read the faculty-led student interview series this month!

#StudyAbroadBecause

This month, I will be writing a series on faculty-led study abroad, interviewing students and professors. Studying abroad is such a life-changing experience and there are different types of programs that match a student’s needs and interests.

The road to Rouen is paved with good inventions. Like that tiny weenie Jane, who every day crawls into the confines of our TomTom, which in turn sits on my windscreen and shows our course, although sadly, not always unerringly.

Color represents something different in every culture. Green, for example, represents jealousy and greed in western cultures, whereas in eastern cultures it reflects new life and hope. China does not use green on packaging because it relates to exorcism.

Well, longtime readers know I love Germany. The food (!), the family we have there, the incredible history, and the gorgeous landscapes all fill my heart.

What if you could truly explore the world? Or go from the top of the world all the way down to the bottom - on your own power? Can you even imagine it? Can you imagine what you'd see, learn, experience? One family did just that!

As I walked back from the beach, alone on a quiet road, I thought to myself, “I need to write about this, I need to let the world know how many awesome things people can do in the water.” And so I have.

If you have travelled abroad, you may have experienced what you consider to be culture shock. The English breakfast is not up to standard and the waiters are painfully slow at bringing the next round of drinks.

Florida Culture for the Week of September 30 by Josh Garrick

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We sped out of Paris faster than you could say “Peripherique,” the mighty ring road around the city, and zoomed into the countryside, the glorious countryside made golden by an abundant summer sun and paint-worthy by the proffered harvest of yellow butter-balls of hay lobbed into fields Van Gogh like even with those big black crows in the fields beside them.