Tag: study abroad
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Destination Success: Study Abroad Stories from Beijing
By Jessica Sinn • January 20, 2017 In 2013, the DDCE and UT’s Study Abroad Office launched a Maymester program in Beijing that gives students from diverse backgrounds a world of experience—in academics, the working world and community service. Now a signature program within the Longhorn Center for Academic Excellence, the Beijing Maymester course continues to offer a trip…
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Destination Cape Town: Stories from Abroad
By Jessica Sinn • August 2, 2018 Warning: Undefined array key “file” in /code/wp-includes/media.php on line 1723 Deprecated: preg_match(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($subject) of type string is deprecated in /code/wp-includes/media.php on line 1723 Last May and June, more than 80 undergraduates—many first-generation college students—experienced a trip of a lifetime in Cape Town, South Africa. Offered by…
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Summiting the Mountain
Moody College senior shares how studying abroad forever changed her path in life By Jessica Sinn • December 21, 2021 Adriana Aguilar will never forget the day when the acceptance letter from UT Austin arrived in the mail. Plagued by financial concerns, self-doubt and anxieties about leaving her home in South Dallas, she wasn’t convinced that college was…
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Celebrating Our 2021 Graduates: Marissa Martinez
By Jessica Sinn • May 26, 2021 Major: Corporate Communication, Moody College of Communication Hometown: College Station Programs & Activities: Senior Advisor, Latinx Community Affairs; Tap Trainer, Texas Orange Jackets; Student Fellow, XP3 Program; Gateway Scholars; Student Ambassador, First-Gen Longhorns Changing lanes…When Martinez came to UT Austin by way of Aggieland, Texas (aka College Station), she wasn’t quite sure which path…
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Coming Home
UT Alum Donovan Handy reflects on his Sweatt Center for Black Males trip to Ghana, Africa By Jessica Sinn • March 28, 2023 Last December, Donovan Handy joined a group of Sweatt Center for Black Males student leaders on a trip of a lifetime to Ghana, Africa. Throughout the 12-day excursion, they visited various historic sites and landmarks in Accra,…
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A New World of Possibilities
Economics senior Jordan Gibson shares his experiences abroad By Jessica Sinn • May 23, 2023 When Jordan Gibson first came to UT by way of the small Texas town of Fairfield, the idea of studying abroad never really crossed his mind. It wasn’t until he joined the Sweatt Center for Black Males when his interest in world travel…
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Celebrating the Class of 2016: Heather Caudle
By Jessica Sinn • May 6, 2016 Major: Government, College of Liberal Arts Activities: Gateway Scholars, Maymester in Beijing, Summer Bridge, LCCE-Austin City Hall Fellows, Kuhn Scholars, Intellectual Entrepreneurship Pre-Graduate School Internship Program Prepped for success…Inspired by her team of advisors and mentors in the Longhorn Center for Academic Excellence (LCAE), Caudle wants to launch her own academic success programs for college students. Based on…
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Celebrating Ten Years of DDCE Global
Looking back at travel stories told by DDCE alums By Jessica Sinn • June 15, 2023 Since 2013, the DDCE has been offering students life-changing trips abroad and in the states—from globe-trotting Maymester programs to stateside community service and professional development trips. Starting with a study abroad trip in Beijing, China in 2013, the DDCE has taken students…
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