On Friday, September 19th, Dem Muasya, Executive Director of Kenya Education Fund (KEF), visited Wesleyan to give a presentation on the KEF’s work and meet with students pursuing the Global Engagement Minor (GEM). The KEF works to expand education access to underprivileged Kenya youth, by providing money and supplies for hundreds of children to attend…
Study Abroad
Submit Your Study Abroad Stories!
“Study Abroad was a movie” If you’re currently studying abroad, and you have stories to tell…. submit them to our newsletter! Being in a foreign country, perhaps speaking a foreign language, lends itself to new experiences – be it amusing, exciting, odd, or silly. Whether you consider your story a study abroad “success” or a…
Introducing 2025-2026 Study Abroad Ambassadors
by Caroline Mancini Each year, the Office of Study Abroad selects a group of four student ambassadors who have studied abroad in the past to share their own study abroad experiences with underclassmen. In addition to general advising, study abroad ambassadors assist in writing our newsletters and blogs, help with outreach and event planning, and…
Study Abroad Fair!
Bored of Middletown? Itching to practice your language skills? Yearning for foreign pastries? Study abroad might be for you! Whether you’re a curious freshman, a sophomore looking ahead, or a junior hoping to study abroad next semester, stop by the fair to learn more about your options. You’ll get to meet representatives, faculty, and returned…
How RUSS101 Changed My Life: Learn a Language at Wes
by Amalie Little The summer before my freshman year, I spent hours poring through WesMaps with an excitement so palpable that I can almost feel it tingling in my hands now, four years later. I remember, my grandmother brought me chocolate chip cookies for sustenance because I sat at the computer for so long. How could…
Living Intentionally Abroad
by Jenny Ongele When I first decided to study abroad, I had a clear image in my head of what that “should” encapsulate. I assumed studying abroad meant spending every waking moment travelling across Europe, taking the most aesthetic photos of all the architecture and natural scenery, while somehow, miraculously, transforming my entire identity. However,…
Women’s Day Weekend in Morocco (AND MY BIRTHDAY!!!)
by Diana Q Tran Every year when March 8 comes around, I am usually alone, curled up somewhere with a nice book. Last year, I was finishing up a last minute essay in the COL library. This year, I was people-watching in my host family’s salon (an extremely large room for welcoming guests that almost…
Studying Abroad is like Scuba Diving
By Henry Ewing-Crystal ’26 During the last couple of weeks of my semester abroad in Thailand, we were brought to Koh Tao (or turtle island), where I got scuba certified and started going on conservation dives. Throughout the process of becoming certified, three cardinal rules were drilled into my head, all of which I found…
Citadels and Fish Shops – The Alexandria Blend
by Isaías Pagán de Jesús This semester I live in Cairo, in the heart of Egypt. I’m writing this from Hurghada, right on the shore of the Red Sea. As a sort of gradient between the two stands Alexandria, right on the coast of the Mediterranean sea. My parents decided to visit me in Egypt…
A Semester in China
by Baron Fisher After 18 hours of flight time, along with a 12-hour time difference, the first stop of my fall semester abroad landed me in Shanghai, China. I was too excited to be affected by jet lag just yet, but it was disorienting to have almost 2 days disappear from travel. Going forward, I…