I recently got to “live the dream,” which is the way I refer to my post-Ithaca life. After graduating from Ithaca College, I decided to participate in the British Universities North America Club (BUNAC) Work in Britain program and resided in the charming area of Dulwich, southeast London, for six months. I always knew I wanted to do something different after graduating college and...

My Semester at the Ithaca College London Center

When I heard the amazing stories of students who had studied abroad I knew I had to do it, too. But the idea of traveling to a whole new part of the world for four months, far from my friends and family, made me apprehensive. Then I heard about the Ithaca College London Center (ICLC).

Imagine a compact version of the...

Who says archaeologists have all the fun? Physics professor Michael “Bodhi” Rogers and three of his students recently traveled to Cyprus where the group used cutting-edge, ground-penetrating radar to search for long-buried buildings and identify ancient city boundaries, roads, and defensive walls dating from the late Bronze Age.

The team was searching for a large...

On a late October afternoon, a dozen students gather around tables bedecked with brilliant photos of far-away lands. They walk around leisurely, chatting and munching on brownies and sweets. A group of students flip through a colorful scrapbook, laughing at pictures and recounting fond memories of their study-abroad experiences. This meeting is one of the first...

I have always been fascinated with my Cuban background and the Spanish language. My aunt once told me, “Go to a Spanish-speaking country for a few months and you’ll come back speaking Spanish fluently.”

I never really thought it would ever happen; I didn’t think I’d have that kind of opportunity or the courage to move away from home for...