...it came so soon - how the time does fly! You know how when you're really excited for something, it seems to take FOREVER to finally happen? Yeah, well, when you're about to leave for two years and trying to squeeze a whole apartment into a single bedroom at the parentals house, that date of...

On Thursday we left for an Arcadia sponsored safari to the Manyara National Park where we saw Giraffes (YAY!), Elephants, Baboons, Zebras, and many many more creatures. Since going to Costa Rica and learning about the effects of tourism, I found that I approach the idea of an "African Safari"...

Allison Noffsinger, Study Abroad Coordinator at Mississippi State University, wrote a great guest blog post on API's web site . (Academic Programs International) “Why should I trust strangers with my child?” asked the concerned parent as she quizzed me over every study abroad program...

CN N.com ran a story today called " Looking beyond Europe for education, adventure " by Talya Minsberg . Ms. Minsberg does a great job of highlighting other study abroad options outside of the norm. Sure, London, Barcelona, Florence, and Paris are sexy locations and those may be the right opportunities...

In the article "Husky Finance: Funding your study abroad experience" in The Daily Campus , Melanie Deziel outlines the steps to take to help secure funding for a study abroad experience at UConn (her advice goes for all schools though). The first step is applying because many financing options...

This past Saturday the girls went to Mkuru Camel Camp which is a camel safari company for community development. The Mkuru Camel Camp is supported by a few NGOs and our 3 guides on the camel safari were Maasai men who spoke very little English. It was really fun trying to talk to them in the little Kiswahili...