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Members of the panel. - Staff Writer / Dan Hassall

Rowan’s Education Abroad Office offers resources to students with disabilities to travel

Dan Hassall, Staff Writer October 30, 2024

For many students, studying abroad may be the highlight of their college experience. After all, the privilege to be able to get away to a different part of the world to experience unique places and perspectives...

"To constantly be around people with some of the most creative minds makes me remind myself why I want to keep doing what I am doing." - Photo via Rianna Moses

Moses: A start of something new

Rianna Moses, Copy Editor September 24, 2024

As someone who ultimately chose to study journalism because of an undeniable love for traveling the world and learning new things, I never thought this piece would become a reality, but here we go. Good...

Fisher with other students in Japan for the study abroad trip in Spring of 2023. - Photo via Riley Fisher

Destination Denmark: Rowan’s new study abroad program

Beth Cimaglia February 14, 2024

Rowan University’s latest study abroad program is here and this time it's in Denmark. For years, the university has encouraged students to apply to study abroad in the hopes of offering students...

Professor Jody Russel Manning at the study abroad fair on Feb. 22 giving students a peak at the "Nazi Germany and Holocaust" abroad program. - Photo / International Student Advisor Katelyn Sullivan

Study abroad in Europe in Summer 2024 to learn about Nazi Germany and the Holocaust

Connor Brown February 22, 2023

In the summer of 2024, students will have the opportunity to study abroad in central Europe. “Nazi Germany and the Holocaust” is a tour through Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic witnessing...

A street artist performs for a busy street in Hongdae, a neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea. / Photo via Marissa Pavorsky

Through her Lens: Marissa Pavorsky Travels the World to Perfect her Craft

Daniela Garofalo September 12, 2022

In the winter of 2022, senior Marissa Pavorsky traveled to Seoul, South Korea armed with a Pentax K1000 film camera and several rolls of film to study abroad. Determined to learn the ropes of a film camera,...

EF College Study Tours' '$1000 less' policy is harmful and exploitative

EF College Study Tours’ ‘$1000 less’ policy is harmful and exploitative

John Egger March 30, 2020

Around last April, I decided that I wanted to travel somewhere across the world. Naturally, as a college student, I figured the best way to do this was to enroll in a travel abroad program through Rowan...

Centers for Disease Control logo. Wikimedia commons.

University-related travel to areas of concern cancelled due to coronavirus

Christopher Connors March 2, 2020

In light of the coronavirus outbreak, Rowan University will suspend planned university-related travel through May 31 to any location designated as an area of concern by the Centers for Disease Control...

Chișinău is an often-overlooked city in Eastern Europe. Achterberg took a weekend trip to Chișinău, the capital of Moldova, during her time studying abroad. - Staff Writer / Adelaide Achterberg

Adventures in Moldova, Eastern Europe’s hidden gem

Adelaide Achterberg November 5, 2019

Generally, when travelers decide to visit eastern Europe — which they don’t do very often — they think of bustling cities like Prague, Krakow and Budapest. Even the most serious travelers often...

Adelaide Achterberg takes a picture with distant relative, Bjørg, and her Nana. Achterberg and her grandmother looked for family in Norway before her study abroad program in Greece began and came across Bjørg and several others. - Staff Writer / Adelaide Achterberg

Lost and found: Searching for family in Norway

Adelaide Achterberg October 23, 2019

On the first day of classes at Rowan, I left to study abroad in Greece. As someone who always hated winter, and hides under blankets complaining of stiff joints when the thermostat is set below 70, I...

Greece borders the Mediterranean Sea and has many beaches. Achterberg visited one of these beaches, which happened to be a nudist beach. - Photo courtesy of pixabay.com

Why I Went to a Nude Beach in Greece, and Why You Should Too

Adelaide Achterberg October 15, 2019

I stand at the top of a cliff looking over the Mediterranean Sea on the island of Agistri in Greece. I've just hiked and “scrambled” (a new hiker’s term I learned for this experience -- when...

The Temple of Aphaia stands against a blue sky. Achterberg visited the temple on an excursion to the Greek island Aegina. - Contributor / Adelaide Achterberg

6 Reasons to Study Abroad

Adelaide Achterberg September 29, 2019

1. Traveling Opportunities! For a frequent traveler like me, the number one reason I wanted to study abroad in Europe was the ability to travel to other countries for cheap. From Greece, I can book...

An example of Athenian street art. - Contributor / Adelaide Achterberg

Studying Abroad in Greece: First Impressions

Adelaide Achterberg September 23, 2019

“Wait a second ... where am I?” The moment most travelers fear: I am lost, in a foreign country, at 11 o’clock at night, and Google Maps can’t even help me since I don’t know the address...

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