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Â鶹ÊÓƵ actually flew beneath my radar at first—I had not even known of its existence until I began filling out college applications last fall.
My name is Serena Francisco, and I am a rising junior and a double major in philosophy and Diplomacy & World Affairs.
At 8 p.m., I receive a text from my new friend Swanki, a Nigerian medical student studying at a college near mine in Nanjing. He texts me saying that he’s outside my dorm waiting to pick me up so we can grab food and later visit Xuan Wu Hu (Nanjing’s largest lake).
I’m Margot Heron, a rising junior with a double major in Critical Theory and Social Justice and Spanish, and this summer I am working as an intern for
Hey y’all! My name is Liz Frissell and I’m a rising sophomore at Occidental. This summer I’ve been working for , the largest nonprofit organization in the state.
Nina is a sophomore Diplomacy & World Affairs and Theater double major who is passionate about international relations and activism through performance. She also works at the Hameetman Career Center as a Career Peer Adviser.
If you asked me last August what I’d be doing over spring break, I would’ve probably said something typical and vague, along the lines of going home and hanging out with old friends. I would have never predicted how I’d actually spend my spring break—in Dublin, Ireland with the womxn’s rugby team.
We never pass up the opportunity to talk about dance organizations on Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s campus, especially .
As college students and young adults, we are constantly told that we need to be thinking about our futures. Within the college atmosphere, there is immense pressure to succeed.
While trying to figure out where to study abroad during the spring of my sophomore year, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s unique Campaign Semester program floated into my awareness as a possible option.