By Anita Deeg-Carlin, Director of Intercultural Learning and the Global Engagement Minor As much as I adore my job, I will admit that it is with a breath of relief that I sit here – ready at last – to contemplate this action-packed year with a bit of a rear-view mirror perspective! While oh-so-rewarding, it…
By Zaynah Almasri ’27 The Art of Lüften In German households, there is a practice called lüften: opening every window and door at the same time to let fresh air move through the house. It does not matter if it is freezing outside, raining sideways, or still dark out at five in the morning. The…
By Charlotte Li ’28 Are you traveling somewhere over the summer? Are you going back home as an international student? So done with finals and can’t wait to plan for summer break? This summer, we are building a living, collaborative travel guide open and created by all Wesleyan students. This is a shared world map…
By Roxana Ayala ’27 I’ve been playing a game for the past five months: how many times can one person get sick in a single semester abroad? So far, the answer is four. With a weak immune system and a long history of catching whatever is going around (shout out WesPlague), it felt inevitable that I would…
By Bre Jordan ’27 I pride myself on being good at directions, but I am forever getting lost in Hamburg. The Pearl of the North is a beautiful, modern city with a sophisticated public transportation network I rely on daily. Truly they make it very easy to use: trains and buses display the upcoming stops…
By Marthal Aderibigbe ’27 This semester, I decided to take a Korean Musical Culture class at Seoul National University. In this class, we learn about different types of traditional Korean music, including folk songs, pansori, classical vocal music, and court music. Before taking this class, I did not think much about traditional music, especially compared…
By Lisa Lu ’27 During my study at the Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies, I am taking an elective course called “Kyoto Artisans and their Worlds.” This class explores Kyoto’s centuries-old artistic traditions through visiting workshops and engaging with artisans directly. Every Tuesday, we visit different artisans working with a variety of mediums, including textiles,…
By Anita Deeg-Carlin, Director of Intercultural Learning and Global Engagement Minor Safari njema! Have a good trip! Bursting with emotion, we waved goodbye to our new Kenyan friends last Monday, and headed off to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to start our long journey back to Wes. It’s a long story that will probably take us…
By Anita Deeg-Carlin On Jumamosi (Saturday) morning, eight students in the Global Engagement Minor (GEM) will pile into a bus headed to JFK – ready to begin their long awaited 10-day journey to Nairobi, Kenya! Accompanied by Anita Deeg-Carlin (Director for Intercultural Learning and Coordinator of the GEM) and co-organizers Iddrisu Saaka (West African Dance professor), and…
By Sara Larson ’27 One of the things I’ve loved most, and will miss the most, about being in South Africa is how genuinely kind people are. South Africans are known for their warm, open nature, and I can honestly say they cultivate a deeply caring culture. I’ve been lucky to become close with a few local students, mostly…
