‘UMW in Spain’ and other study abroad programs return this year at University of Mary Washington. In this photo, from left to right, Center for International Education Director Jose Sainz poses with UMW students Jessica Oberlies, Madeline Killian, Julia May and Gwen Harrison during the running of the bulls in Pamplona. Photo courtesy of Jose Sainz.
Pictures from University of Mary Washington summer study abroad programs say a thousand words, but in honor of this weekend’s Education Abroad Fair we asked students to use just one word to sum up their recent overseas experiences.
“Enriching,” senior Julia May said of her time in Bilbao, Spain, where she took a food culture class, toured one of the country’s oldest wineries and visited a Spanish civil war museum devoted to the theme of peace.
Launched in 2002, UMW in Spain is one of Mary Washington’s three longest-running faculty-led study abroad programs – including UMW in France and UMW in Paris – all back this summer, after the pandemic put them on pause for two years. UMW students can learn about upcoming opportunities to study, research, intern or volunteer overseas at the fair, presented by the Center for International Education. It takes place Saturday, Oct. 1, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the University Center’s Chandler Ballroom.
The most recent study-abroad adventurers shared their thoughts, summing up the sights and tastes, people and traditions, landmarks and languages in just a few syllables. Read more.