Hi, all! My name is Rurik Rondan and I am heading to Florence, Italy, during Summer B!! I am very excited to share my adventures and weekly details of my trip. I am an undergraduate student majoring in Biomedical Sciences, currently a junior. At the moment, I am conducting research on cardiomyopathy models, as well [...]
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Bulls Meet World: Maria
Maria and I were on the same tour in Pompeii and were seated next to each other on our bus ride. Maria is also studying abroad this summer and is from Guatemala. After talking about our backgrounds, we realized there's a lot of similarities between our cultures. I am South Asian and she's Hispanic, but [...]
Bulls Meet World, Paris
When moving your life to a new country you need a place that feels like home. Where after a long day you have someone to talk to, and is interested in what happened. I am very fortunate to have found that home in Paris with my host mom. To have a little background knowledge on [...]
Changing Purpose
If you asked me four months ago the amount of impact studying abroad would have on my life I would've answered that question very differently from what I know now. Studying abroad has been one of the most rewarding, and difficult experiences I have ever gone through in my 20 years of living. I thought I [...]
Getting Comfortable With The Uncomfortable
Is it possible to have culture shock going into your fourth month studying abroad? Well for me, the answer is yes, 100%. This last month I have been learning and becoming more knowledgeable about the vast differences between the cultural systems and issues in place here in France. With this new knowledge it has made [...]
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