1st Day in Ghana
First day wrap up! Orientation is half way done! We learned and practiced speaking Ewe. Settling in for the night, playing cards and excited to go shopping in Accra tomorrow!
Laura Grodewald
Arrival to Ghana
Our Faculty-led Program has arrived safely to Ghana, and they’re off to explore the city of Accra and get oriented to the area today!
First Impressions from Abroad – January study abroad
Students share their first images from abroad as they embark on explorations of 3 different countries over the next 3 weeks. These students have been eagerly awaiting the opportunity and preparing to go abroad for a while, and their time has finally arrived! Hannah Koutishian, our Benjamin Gilman Scholarship recipient, shares from Prague, Czech Republic: … Read more about this article
Global Education Award Recipient Heads Abroad to Ecuador
Brianna Barbarise is our 1st recipient of the new Sister Mary Catharine Sullivan Award for Global Education, and she’ll be heading abroad to Ecuador for a course this January. Read more in this article: New Study Abroad Award Gives Flight to Student’s International Teaching Career Goals – Georgian Court University, New Jersey
Global Photo Exhibit Fall 2021
Stop by the entrance to the Library to visit our Fall 2021 Global Photo Exhibit featuring 14 student photos taken from around the globe over the past 2 years! Submit your vote for the top 4 photos with our online voting link.
Bringing Out the Global in the Local
Bringing Out the Global in the Local – Georgian Court University, New Jersey Two GCU students share their personal background and global perspectives and contexts that are in our local Lakewood neighborhood. Click here to read the full article.
Full (virtual) immersion
By Angelina Puglisi In the first week of April, we had a full immersion of Japanese life. Though these immersions were brief, the perspective we gained from this experience was incredible and something my classmates and I will never forget! I have never traveled abroad before, but it is … Read more about this article
3 days virtually in Japan
By Charles Kiesnowski I participated in this experience for experiential learning and learned a lot more about the Japanese culture. For Day 1 in Japan Osamu was our tour guide in Tokyo and showed us many different areas throughout the course of the trip. He went into detail and talked about the Buddhism, Japanese gardens, … Read more about this article
Virtual Japan Program
By Brittany Webster When I was little, I knew that I loved to travel, I just didn’t understand why. Now that I am older, I realized that I love to travel because of the cultural aspect. Meeting people and seeing places so different from what I am used to makes my soul flourish. I have … Read more about this article
Study abroad & Qigong
by Kirstin Connor Studying abroad…virtually…in Japan has been such an exciting experience. Coming into this journey, I had no idea what to expect but I knew it would be something special and a unique learning experience for me. I have always been interested in Japanese culture, after learning that my mom lived there alone for … Read more about this article