Tag: study abroad
Study abroad more competitive than ever, many students denied for...
In Fall 2024, more Occidental students will be studying abroad than ever, but there is a caveat. Due to an extreme increase in students...
Study abroad rates climb slowly after COVID-19 pandemic
Students are slowly studying abroad again, according to Robin Craggs, the executive director of the International Programs Office (IPO) who said the rate of...
Juniors abroad: ‘Visiting a place is so different from living there’
As the spring semester begins, students who were abroad in the fall returned to campus. Lily Carson (junior) studied abroad in Granada, Spain where...
Occidental students in Korea react to Seoul tragedy
Oct. 29, a crowd crush caused by a Halloween celebration with more than 100,000 attendees killed 154 people in Itaewon, a neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea....
Occidental juniors in search of the ancient musky rat-kangaroo
While Occidental students soak up the Los Angeles sun, Ian Becker (junior) and Adriano Cantelmi (junior) have been hiking through Australian rainforests in search of...
Students hoping to study abroad in spring await final decision
With travel guidelines changing constantly and the Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) implementing new COVID-19 policies, students planning on studying abroad in...
Letter to the Editor: COVID-19 reveals shortcomings in IPO’s crisis preparedness
COVID-19’s effect as a global pandemic extends far beyond fears of catching the highly contagious illness — economies have tanked, unemployment has risen and...
My not-so-hot Italian semester: how coronavirus hysteria plagued my study abroad...
While I was studying abroad in Rome, Italy, an IES Abroad Rome administrator emailed all its participants Feb. 24 stating that we would have online...
Study abroad programs in Europe move to online learning and Occidental...
In response to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Europe, multiple study abroad programs have moved online and Occidental students are choosing to...
Professor Frank’s last trip to Italy marks the end of an...
Students from professor Eric Frank’s art history class “Michelangelo: Art and Biography" (ARTH 373) finished their semester-long coursework with a trip to Italy, according...