Global Connections: Winter 2013
Biking Through a Snowstorm in a Skirt and Heels
Title: "Biking Through a Snowstorm in a Skirt and Heels"
Author: Zoé Kilbourne
GVSU Alumna, Zoé Kilbourne, embraces Danish culture as she transitions a study abroad program into a career in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ghana Honors Service Learning Program
Title: "Ghana Honors Service Learning Program"
Author: Joe Verschaeve
GVSU students help rehabilitate children who were trafficked into slavery in the fishing industry. Explore the history of the Frederik Meijer Honors College study abroad program and read stories from GVSU student participants.
Courage, Compassion and Uyghur Noodles: My Semester in Chengdu
Title: Courage, Compassion and Uyghur Noodles: My Semester in Chengdu
Author: Taryn Borst
During her semester in Chengdu, China, GVSU student Taryn Borst finds friendship and an emboldened sense as a language minority in a foreign culture.
January 16, 2013: A Day in Munich
Title: January 16, 2013: A Day in Munich
Author: Erin Lutenski
Padnos Scholarship recipient, Erin Lutenski, takes readers through a day in her life in Munich, Germany.
La Escuela de la Vida: Learning Through Living
Title: La Escuela de la Vida: Learning Through Living
Author: Samantha Cuncannan
Samantha Cuncannan fulfills her life goal of living in another country after being awarded the Padnos Scholarship to study in Spain.