Megan Levan, Environmental Studies and South Asia Studies in a Global Context, Class of ’22 This summer, I got the opportunity to attend the Insects to Feed the World Conference in Quebec City, Canada, to continue my journey with entomophagy. Entomophagy is the practice of eating insects. There are currently over 2,000 species of insects…
The Fries Center for Global Studies is happy to give a warm welcome back to Verónica Socorro Matos from the class of 2021 as the Global Language and Outreach Fellow! Verónica graduated Wes with a double major in Romance Languages and Studio Art, with concentrations in French, Spanish, and Printmaking, respectively. After having spent the…
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The Watson Fellowship provides $36,000 in stipend and travel expenses along with other benefits (health insurance contribution, student loan support and disability support where needed) to allow college graduates to take on a personal passion project outside the US in the year after they graduate. Members of the Class of 2023 who are curious about…
Paris Jensen writes about learning to savor the improbable and embrace the possible in Paris, FranceParis Jensen Class of 2022 Vassar-Wesleyan Program in Paris, Fall 2021 There’s a French word, insolite, that doesn’t translate exactly into English. It is somewhere in between “surprising” and “improbable.” It’s not an imprecise word though, and when I hear…
Uresa Ahmeti goes down memory lane from her study abroad experience. She is nostalgic about the trains, saunas, bars and doing site-specific research. Uresa Ahmeti Class of 2022 Carleton Women’s and Gender Studies in Europe, Fall 2021 I never even questioned it. I knew I wanted to study abroad. As an International student from Kosovo…
Culture shock is something you can prepare yourself for, but it is not until you experience it that you can understand what if feels like and how to work through it. In Paris, Nicholas experienced what it felt like to be an American in France. Nicholas Summerson Class of 2023 Vassar-Wesleyan Program in Paris, Spring…
The Wesleyan Refugee Project (WRP), a student-run group at Wesleyan University hoping to bring awareness to issues affecting displaced people world-wide, is holding several consecutive events on “The Contemporary Refugee Crisis” by invited guests for Advocacy Week. Come sit in on one of the lectures to learn about the most relevant challenges that refugees…
Come join the Korean Student Association in a celebration of Korean Culture on Saturday, April 23 from 12-3pm at the CEAS Center! There will be multiple performances including Korean drumming, games such as gonggi and yutnori, as well as food! This event is open to everyone, so make sure to bring your friends and spread…
