Who are we when we return from abroad? Katy Rosenbaum explores the re-entry journey and how it impacts our identity.
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The TSA: Are We Really Safer?
Steve Moore drops this challenge “TSA has never, (and I invite them to prove me wrong), foiled a terrorist plot or stopped an attack on an airliner. Ever.”
A State of Failure
Today’s guest post is by Steve Moore, Melibee’s Safety and Emergency planning expert. Read Steve’s commentary about the U.S. State Department and its implied role in assisting American citizens abroad.
Cheap Flights – Humor
Travel humor – check out this song by 3 beautiful Irish ladies!
Interview with Carrie Wagner, Author of Village Wisdom (Part 1)
I didn’t realize, until I met Carrie Wagner to interview her about her book “Village Wisdom: Immersed in Uganda, Inspired by Job, Changed for Life,” that I have been following Carrie’s international career for nearly two decades. While Carrie was in Uganda, I was a graduate intern in Lugano, Switzerland along with Carrie’s childhood friend, Bonnie. Bonnie would receive Carrie’s letters and would share stories about her friend’s time in Uganda with Habitat for Humanity International.
Colby Study Abroad Professor Resigns After Alleged Inappropriate Behavior
Tenured Professor of Economics at Colby College (USA), Philip H. Brown, resigned in late January 2011 after evidence surfaced that he had taken semi-nude photos of at least one female study abroad student. He allegedly took the photos via a hidden bathroom camera while on a “Jan Plan” winter session course in China. The study abroad students had been blogging from a shared lap top during the trip and accidentally discovered the photos after losing a blog posting and searching for it in the computer’s “garbage bin.”
Spirituality Abroad: One Man’s Journey
Traveling for the purpose of spiritual enlightenment is a long-established rite of passage for many young people. During the height of the hippie movement in the 1960s and 1970s, young American travelers often voyaged East through Europe to India and other countries, seeking spiritual enlightenment and answers to their questions. Often their search included using illicit drugs and experimenting in unique ways, but all had one attribute in common – they were seeking their “truth.” They wanted to, as Henry David Thoreau once said (and the Dead Poets Society repeated), “suck the marrow out of life.”
Reflections on Emergency Planning for Advisers of Study Abroad Students in Egypt
Egypt. It IS the news. But when you’re a study abroad adviser who had sent students to Egypt for the spring semester, your mind is focused: Safety. Their safety. Comforting and advising parents. Working with the partner institutions abroad. Communication, even when there is no internet.
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