The Growing Pains Part of a Semester Abroad
During the first week of my exchange semester at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK, everything went wrong.
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Greetings Germany: Discovering a New Culture in Bavaria
Something to note about Germany is that it is a very culturally diverse country. This is part of why I chose this as my destination country for my exchange semester abroad.When I first travelled to Germany, I spent a lot of time in the northern and central states, in cities such as Bremen, Hamburg...
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Exchange from the Inside
Hi, my name is Benett Zawasky and this summer I will be one of the exchange agents volunteering for the education abroad program at VIU.I am a third-year psychology major/sociology minor that just recently attended the University of Hertfordshire for the Spring 2020 semester. While I was away on...
Read MoreOvercoming Barriers
Hello, my name is Austin White, and I am volunteering as an exchange agent for the education abroad department at VIU. I am going into my fourth and final year at VIU in Computer Science. I did an exchange in the spring semester of 2020, to the university of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom....
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Language & Culture in Germany
Hello, my name is Brodie Hay, I am a fourth year VIU student studying Computer Science as well as a volunteer exchange agent working with the Education Abroad department at VIU. This year I was lucky enough to go on exchange for the summer semester to Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OTH)...
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Cooking Mehlkeneppscher
Mehlkneppscher I came across this dish while participating in an international, online scavenger hunt. One of the items required five recipes from other participants, each from a different country. Mehlkneppscher was a popular dish in small mining towns across Germany during the industrial...
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