Study Abroad Archives

Aug 13, 2019
  • Dana Mattern

GUATEMALA

by Louisa Appiah, second-year medical student I grew up around poverty, corrupt governments and some civil unrest for the most formative years of my life. As a child, I watched...

Aug 13, 2019
  • Dana Mattern

GREECE

Dr. David Stewart, associate professor of maritime studies, led the Maritime Landscapes of Ancient Crete trip to Greece with five maritime studies undergraduate and graduate students. The group started its...

Aug 13, 2019
  • Kelly Rusk

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND

Twenty-two East Carolina University students took part in the Sport for Social Change abroad trip to Sydney and the Gold Coast in Australia and Auckland, Queenstown, Christchurch, and Tekapo, New...

Aug 13, 2019
  • Kristen Martin

BELIZE

For eight days in June, 10 graduate students from the College of Education’s counselor education program traveled to Belize to learn with children and families in local schools. Drs. Loni...

Aug 13, 2019
  • Kristen Martin

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Two of the College of Education’s science education professors, Dr. Tammy Lee and Bonnie Glass, led students on a study abroad trip to the Dominican Republic. The trip’s itinerary, Ridge...

Aug 13, 2019
  • Dana Mattern

ITALY/IRELAND

ITALY IRELAND

Aug 13, 2019
  • Natalie Sayewich

PORTUGAL/SPAIN

The first study abroad trip for ECU’s Department of Addictions and Rehabilitation studies gave a group of graduate students and a couple of faculty members new perspectives on drug policies,...

Aug 13, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

PIRATES ABROAD

Adventure, research and cultural immersion – East Carolina University faculty and students traveled around the world this summer on once-in-a-lifetime trips to research and experience different cultures. Let’s take a...

Aug 13, 2019
  • Ken Buday

PUERTO RICO

Cinya Brand turned her tassel and graduated from East Carolina University with a biology degree on May 3. The next day, she boarded a flight to Puerto Rico — not...

Aug 13, 2019
  • Ken Buday

ITALY/NETHERLANDS

From ancient sites to new-era buildings, a group of East Carolina University construction management students experienced it all during a recent study abroad trip to Italy and the Netherlands. The...