The person you see in the above photograph is Kawakado Sayaka. We first met when the university paired us up to go on a trip to Kyoto: several international students were paired with two Japanese students. From there, everyone broke into their teams and the Japanese students lead us around Kyoto, to places they knew [...]
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Bulls Meet World: Host Mother
The person in the above photograph is Sekimoto Tsuneko, the host mother for me while I stayed abroad in Japan. In the photograph, she's celebrating a Japanese holiday, where one eats an uncut role of sushi without speaking. She was the housekeeper in a very gendered Japanese society where despite working a full job, she [...]
Expanding the opportunities in the University of Exeter
Hello everyone! We are currently halfway through our exchange program here in England, and I cannot believe how fast the time flies. However, even though it does pass pretty quickly, I am not wasting a single minute (a little "proud-of-myself" moment)! Tomorrow I am starting something very exciting. The University of Exeter has given some [...]
Starting the Adventure: Exeter Exchange Program
Well, here we go! My name is Yulia Efremova, I am a Communications major at USF, and I am about to embark on a journey of a lifetime at the University of Exeter in England. Even though it might (and probably will) sound overly dramatic but I have been waiting for a trip like this [...]
Making friends at Mercato Centrale Firenze
Hi there! Making friends with people outside of my study abroad group was both challenging and rewarding. During my first couple of times shopping for fresh fruits and vegetables, I wasn’t sure of what was the best way to take advantage of what I was buying. For this reason, I decided to reach out to [...]
