Photo by Paola Ramos The Heidelberg International Program hosted the first Launch of the seven-week Convocation Series on Monday. IP offers Launch to students to prepare future IP participants for their upcoming abroad experiences. The Convo series was formerly called SALT, “Serving as Leaders Together.” Along with the name change, the Convo series will revive a more … [Read more...] about IP Launches Launch Convo Series
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Surviving Snowmageddon
Photos by Jennevieve Fong On Saturday morning, Pepperdine students woke up to almost two feet of snow from Winter Storm Jonas outside of Pepperdine's Washington, D.C. campus. The city of Washington, D.C. declared a state of emergency for the weekend in addition to a weekend blizzard warning, according to the National Weather Service. Since most local restaurants … [Read more...] about Surviving Snowmageddon
A Day in the Life of an Intern
Students of the Washington, D.C. Program learn how to balance both a full-time internship and academic courses. At the end of the fall semester, three of the program's students provided an inside look into their busy lives. Rachel Gordon, intern for Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas Year: Junior Major: Political Science What are Gordon's responsibilities in her … [Read more...] about A Day in the Life of an Intern
Don’t Let Pictures Fool You
As I look out over Lake Geneva from my two-foot wide balcony on this luminous Monday morning in Lausanne, Switzerland, I find that, even though this view is to die for, with the lake’s piercing-blue ripples and such starkly white mountains that encompass it, Lake Geneva can be misleading. Currently, I only see one little white sailboat slowly making its way past my field … [Read more...] about Don’t Let Pictures Fool You
Heidelberg Abroad Perspective Of The Refugee Crisis
Eye contact. It is a simple way to acknowledge the humanity of another person. But, on that morning, I caught the eye of a man outside my car so unexpectedly that I was suddenly thrown into a painful realization: those numbers of refugees on the news were just as human as me. Not only did they have eyes, but they had hearts, minds, families and took breaths. It's one thing to … [Read more...] about Heidelberg Abroad Perspective Of The Refugee Crisis
