Postcard from Abroad
Dear Global Education Office:
In the summer of 2009, I had to opportunity to participate in the Duke in Rome program! I had a wonderful experience. After the four weeks were over, I felt like I had really seen everything Rome had to offer, from ruins to churches to museums....
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Major: Religion
Postcard from Abroad
Dear Office of Study Abroad:
Spending a summer term in Venice was one of the greatest things I've done in my life. As an art student, the original art and architecture were priceless to see in person. Not only did I form amazing relationships with the other students in the...
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Postcard from Abroad
Dear Office of Study Abroad:
My experience in Italy has been life-changing to say the least. I have come to understand Italian culture, as well as my own identity in the process. Through walking the time-worn streets of Rome, I have learned to appreciate its antiquity and artistic beauty. I...
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Postcard from Abroad
Dear Office of Study Abroad:
Studying abroad in Florence, Italy was a wonderful experience! I chose Florence because I’ve always enjoyed art and thought my semester abroad would be the perfect opportunity to study art history. I cannot think of a place where art permeates the past and present cityscape...
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Postcard from Abroad
Dear Office of Study Abroad:
I cannot rave enough about my experience in the Duke in Florence program! I had always heard that Florence was full of history, but I never would have believed how true it was without having lived there. As a student at Villa Corsi-Salviati, all of...
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Postcard from Abroad
Dear Office of Study Abroad:
We’ve been in Venice for two weeks now and are already thinking about how sad we will be when we have to leave. Not only because we love Venice, but also because getting to the airport is going to be such an ordeal, dragging our...
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Postcard from Abroad
Dear Office of Study Abroad:
My memorable study abroad experience was hiking 8 hours along the “Path of the Gods” on the Amalfi Coast in southern Italy. About three hours into the hike, our group accidentally strayed from the actual trail, missed the mountain refuge, and therefore ran out of...
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Postcard from Abroad
Dear Office of Study Abroad:
We have been home for two and a half weeks now, which means I have been reminiscing about Venice – nonstop – for the past...two and a half weeks, give or take. Honestly, our entire experience in Venice was unparalleled. Particularly memorable, however, was our...
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Postcard from Abroad
Dear Office of Study Abroad:I didn't know a word of Italian. I knew nothing of Italian traditions, customs, culture, politics or history, save for nominal bits of information here and there. When I went to Venice, all of that changed. I became fascinated by the language, enraptured by the Zeitgeist...
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