Posts categorized International

Hey guys, Sorry that it’s been so long since I’ve posted a blog, but I had NO idea the toll that finals would take on me. At Rochester, we have…

I received a thoughtful email with questions from an enterprise in China: “Our organization [works] with UK universities [focusing] on key personal skills such as problem solving, teamwork, communication, improving…

One of the biggest events of the fall semester is Delta Upsilon Fraternity’s Dance 4 Charity, held in U of R’s Strong Auditorium. It’s the campus’s only competition between the…

A major difference that I notice on a daily basis between America and my part of the world is smoking, or the relative absence of it around. At least when it…

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…