Category Archives: Students

First Excursion – Segovia

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Yesterday many of the extranjeros (foreign exchange students) took a short bus trip south of the city to Segovia; known mostly for it’s vast Roman aqueduct that welcomes you in to the city. Block by block the Roman empire constructed this aqueduct as a means to bring water to the city 15K from the top […]

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How to Survive Winterim

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Hola chicos! I hope everyone (if you’re in Stevens Point) has been surviving this last couple of weeks. It has been crazy here with all this snow; I know I have had to shovel almost everyday if not multiple times a day. I have been trying to avoid looking up the weather in Spain but […]

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Segundo Semana! – Intercambio & Flan

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Hola de España! Week two is in the bag, and Spanish is becoming easier and easier each day (even my mamá noticed!). I’m really enjoying it here, and have gotten quite comfortable with the city of Valladolid. I’ve started to make friends, classes are in full motion, and the city is more familiar to navigate. […]

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Happy New Year and New Semester

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Hola chicos! Happy New Year everyone! I hope your last semester wrapped up nicely and you had a good holiday break! I know I had a great time celebrating with my family and friends but now I’m relaxed and recharged for this coming year. Looking back on last year is just mind-blowing to me because […]

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¡Sobreviví! ~ I survived!

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¡Sobreviví la primera semana! ~ I survived the first week! We’ve all arrived and settled with our new families in Valladolid, Spain. It’s such a change from the U.S., but all our families are so welcoming and such characters! My roommate (Sam) and my mom is so sweet and calls us ‘mi hijas, mi hijas‘ […]

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Toledo, Spain

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Visiting this city has been my favorite part of the trip thus far. It is BEAUTIFUL, just look at that view from the hill! We had a great morning for the entry tour here, as the sun was shining warmly over the city. It’s very historic, and known as a crossroads of three world religions: […]

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Welcome to Madrid!

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Hola, y bienvenidos a España! We’re here! Right in the heart of Madrid, Spain. What a beautiful, romantic, vivacious city. Buildings of all different colors surround you as you navigate on narrow cobblestoned sidewalks and pathways. The hazy sky brings a cool temperature, but only a balmy 50˚F, nothing like the current Wisconsin climate! Spaniards […]

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Wrapping it up

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Last weekend I packed up my life in Stevens Point! I’m preparing now to head off to Valladolid, Spain for my final semester. After my finals were finished I rallied up my friends and we celebrated a great semester and said our final farewells. I’ve met some amazing people at UW-Stevens Point! It was bittersweet […]

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The down-low from SGA: Proposed parking structure

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Alright. I’m gonna lay down some Student Government Association business on you right now. The first thing you need to know is that as a senator representing the student body, I do not have my own opinion about this. This isn’t an op-ed piece; I’m just making this information available to you all. All two […]

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What we wish we would’ve known

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At the beginning of the semester, four students and myself in the business administration major capstone course (Bus 480) sat down in front of underclassmen and shared our ‘words of wisdom’ for survival of a business major. It was the first School of Business & Economics (SBE) event of the semester, and a fun one […]

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