Category: Introductions

Introducing Jillian Cummins

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What is/are your major(s)?

Communications

What is/are your minor(s)?

International Studies, MFJS

What is the name of your study abroad program?

ISEP: Masaryk University, CzechMates – Culture, Communication, & Globalization with Internship

In what city & country is your study abroad program located?

Brno, Czech Republic

What is something you would like the blog readers to know about you that they wouldn’t know by just looking at you?

Traveling abroad for the first time ever, after facing a cancer diagnosis during the beginning of my college education.

What is one thing that you are most anticipating about your study abroad experience?

My program provides us with an internship! I feel like working during a study abroad program isn’t as promoted. This opportunity can really help me figure out what I want to do professionally and where.

Why did you decide to study abroad? or What inspired you to study abroad?

I decided to study abroad because it wasn’t an opportunity I had prior to this year. I’m inspired to do this because I didn’t think I’d be capable to at all, and now that I can, I don’t want to pass it by and graduate without being able to say I went abroad.

My sophomore year roommate joined me in visiting my hometown, El Paso, TX during spring break 2021. El Paso is vibrant with culture, as it is sister cities with Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Introducing Sarah Blaiser

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What is/are your major(s)?

Psychology

What is/are your minor(s)?

Criminology and Biology

What is the name of your study abroad program?

IAU College: Humanities, Social Sciences, Business, & International Relations

In what city & country is your study abroad program located?

Aix-en-Provence, France

What is something you would like the blog readers to know about you that they wouldn’t know by just looking at you?

I would want the readers to know that I struggle with anxiety which is one of the reasons I would like to blog. By sharing my struggles with anxiety abroad and how I manage to overcome them I feel may be able to help others that have the same worries. At the very least I think writing about these struggles may help me accept them and adjust abroad as well.

What is one thing that you are most anticipating about your study abroad experience?

I am most anticipating feeling like a stranger. That may sound odd, but I am very excited to slowly start to understand and learn more about a culture different from my own. By being a “stranger” I am opening myself to the ability to come to understand and make the foreign culture my normal for a few months.

Why did you decide to study abroad? or What inspired you to study abroad?

I have always wanted to study abroad and specifically in France. I have been taking French for 9 years and wanted to be able to increase my understanding of the language and the people in this country.

This is a photo from one of my favorite lookouts in Boulder that I often go to with my family.