Posts categorized International

Pumpkins catapulted and blasted into the sky, a game of Tetris used bananas as control pads, a cappella groups sang all-time classics. It certainly doesn't sound like an average meeting…

College in the United States has introduced me to a beautiful new culture and its amazing traditions—one of them being Thanksgiving. Come early November, the college campus is buzzing with…

Before coming to study at Rochester, I used to think that I had a pretty accurate idea of what life in the U.S. is like. The vast majority of people…

Greetings from Paris, France! In celebrating “Thanksgiving,” the French have put up Christmas lights and decors on most of the streets. Reasonably so, Thanksgiving is not a French tradition, and…

When I was applying to schools, I primarily looked for a couple major factors, and looking back, I didn't even fully understand their significance. In this blog post I'm going…

It's been almost two months into the fall semester and things have gotten quite interesting in France, where I am doing a semester abroad with the IES Business and International…

At the University of Rochester, one of my major activities is being a member of the University of Rochester Bhangra Team, a dance group that focuses on the traditional Indian…

Hi! I’m Wojciech (Wojtek) Sip, a current freshmen from Poznań, Poland. Teaching people how to pronounce my name turned out to be my primary hobby and preoccupation since I came…

Hey, everyone! My name's Alap Patel and I'm currently a sophomore at the University of Rochester, one of the best universities in New York! I hope this blog will give…

Picture taken by Anthony Wan, Class of 2013. You can check out more 'Gangnam Style @ U of R' pictures here. River campus had its very own Gangnam Style flashmob…