East Asia

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  • Stephanie in Japan
  • 06-Nov-2015
An Introduction to Japan

Hello everyone! こにちは皆さん、 My name is Stephanie Lytle, and I’m currently studying abroad in the Toshima ward of Tokyo, Japan forRead More ⇾

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  • Stephanie in Japan
  • 19-Oct-2015
Stephanie in Japan Introductory Video

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  • garrettnongalere
  • 14-Sep-2015
Deciphering Chinese Dialects

One thing that eluded me until I studied abroad in China and started my intermediate Chinese studies was the countlessRead More ⇾

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  • garrettnongalere
  • 24-Aug-2015
CET Kunming and My Academic and Professional Goals

I think the most strange (and probably most fascinating) phenomenon that I’ve been experiencing lately is the more time IRead More ⇾

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  • garrettnongalere
  • 08-Aug-2015
Friends Taking the Shock Out of Culture

My first couple of weeks trying to manage what I will call my new and transformational “Chinese life” definitely presentedRead More ⇾

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  • garrettnongalere
  • 15-Jul-2015
Aerial Amalgam: Departure & First Impressions

Since this is my first time posting a blog for the Gilman Global Experience Blog, let me give you allRead More ⇾

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  • Tarrajna in China
  • 08-Jan-2015
“Setting Foot on One’s Own Country as a Foreign Land”

Nearly every day of my semester abroad my colleagues and I would long for something we missed about the States,Read More ⇾

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  • Tarrajna in China
  • 19-Dec-2014
Culture Shock in Forward and Reverse

Upon arrival in Beijing, I was terrified to cross the street. Mopeds, taxis, three-wheeled vehicles, cars and buses all viedRead More ⇾

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  • Tarrajna in China
  • 20-Oct-2014
Leaving the Comfort of Home: #Chinathings, traveling as opportunity, and more!

“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort ofRead More ⇾

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  • Tarrajna in China
  • 30-Sep-2014
Entering the Black Hole: Month #1 in China

Hello!  My name is Tarrajna Walsh, and I am a senior from Loyola University Chicago in the United States.  IRead More ⇾

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  • alexmontoya2
  • 26-Sep-2014
Gilman Video Blogger Alex – Internship Reflection

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaREInayRI4&w=560&h=315] Meet U.S. Department of State sponsored Gilman Scholarship recipient Alex Montoya. Alex was a Gilman Global Experience Correspondent duringRead More ⇾

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  • alexmontoya2
  • 19-Sep-2014
Gilman Video Blogger Alex – A Day in the Life

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfiObzdH7Mw&w=560&h=315] Meet U.S. Department of State sponsored Gilman Scholarship recipient Alex Montoya. Alex was a Gilman Global Experience Correspondent duringRead More ⇾