Browsing The Virtues of Study Abroad by Issue Date
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Perseverance
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Humility
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Confidence
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Enthusiasm
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Understanding
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Open mindedness
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Patience
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Perspective : a photo essay
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Engagement
(2017-04)I made the mistake of taking the direct flight from Dallas to Shanghai. This flight consisted of babies crying for 14 hours straight, documentaries on Chinese opera and sleep—lots of it. While sleeping, I dreamt I was going ... -
Enthusiasm
(2017-04)Growing up, I always had great enthusiasm to travel and see new places. Every summer, my family and I would journey to a new place we had not seen before, most of the time by road trip so we could experience more along the ... -
Understanding
(2017-04)The month before I left the United States, I flipped through a brochure filled with photos of Limoges and strained to imagine myself in this town at the heart of France. Is it too small for me? I thought. How will I get ... -
Respect
(2017-04)Shortly after starting my graduate studies in the fall of 2015 at OU in Regional and City Planning, I came across the opportunity to study abroad in Uganda during the summer of 2016. This would be my first trip out of the ... -
Open-Mindedness
(2017-04)Countries, in many ways, are like people: a reputation precedes them. Perhaps no country experiences this as much as Mexico, where beautiful beaches are juxtaposed with thoughts of violence and poverty. These stereotypes ... -
The Virtues of Study Abroad. Volume 4, April 2017
(2017-04)“TRAVEL AND CHANGE OF PLACE IMPART NEW VIGOR TO THE MIND.” –SENECA -
Curiosity
(2017-04)Jerusalem is a special place. Throughout the centuries it has inspired poets to write and soldiers to fight, and in the spring of 2014, it inspired me to spend a semester studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. I ... -
Empathy
(2017-04)It was a crisp morning in New Delhi. Early March is easily considered winter in India, but it was a nice 75 degrees that day, which, at the time, I considered to be somewhat warm. Little did I know that 118 degrees was ... -
Courage
(2017-04)I have spent most of my life studying abroad. I finished high school in Norway and then came to the University of Oklahoma to further my studies. Since I am already abroad, I never thought of doing a study abroad until one ... -
Confidence
(2017-04)When I was 16 years old, my older brother traveled halfway across the world to study abroad. As I looked at his pictures and heard him share his fondest memories, I instantly became enamored with the whole idea of studying ...