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Selected students on ACM off-campus study programs act as Global Ambassadors, blogging about their time studying off-campus.  Take a look to learn more about the ACM student experience!

Botswana: University Immersion in Southern Africa See all profiles »


Brazil: Semester Exchange Programs See all profiles »


Chicago Program: Arts, Entrepreneurship, & Urban Studies See all profiles »


Costa Rica: Field Research in the Environment, Social Sciences, & Humanities See all profiles »


Costa Rica: Language, Society, & the Environment See all profiles »


Florence: Arts, Humanities, & Culture See all profiles »


India Summer Program: Service Learning & Cultural Immersion See all profiles »


India: Culture, Traditions, & Globalization See all profiles »


Japan Study See all profiles »


London & Florence: Arts in Context See all profiles »


Mexico Summer Program: Service Learning & Language Immersion See all profiles »


Newberry Seminar: Research in the Humanities See all profiles »


Oak Ridge Science Semester See all profiles »


Tanzania: Ecology & Human Origins See all profiles »


These student blogs are intended to provide insight into life as a student on an ACM off-campus study program. The opinions expressed by the students on their blogs are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. ACM is not responsible for the accuracy of any of the information supplied by these student blogs.

Off-campus study

Recent blog posts

The Vatican Museums are kind of wonderful. See everything! Stele...
By (author unknown), 5/17/2013
The Vatican Museums are kind of wonderful. See everything! Stele of Hatshepsut
"Can I have the Calamari Burger?"
By diana-rosales, 5/17/2013
Friends, citizens of the world. I’m sorry to say that I have been terribly lazy in the last few weeks. It could be the countless dateline wore me out…
The Stoa of Abaton, Epidarous. Where the sick came to be healed...
By (author unknown), 5/17/2013
The Stoa of Abaton, Epidarous. Where the sick came to be healed by the God Asclepius.
Sun bathing by the Aegean Sea.
By (author unknown), 5/17/2013
Sun bathing by the Aegean Sea.
One Week Left
By Amanda Cormier, 5/17/2013
I only have about 1 week left in this beautiful country.  I can't believe how quickly the time has gone by and as much as I love it here and…
ONE MORE DAY, NOOOOO
By (author unknown), 5/16/2013
Just after returning to Gabs from my trip to the Drakensberg mountains of South Africa/Lesotho, I’m packing up and preparing for my final goodbyes. …
Good-bye, Botswana! I’m going to miss this beautiful...
By (author unknown), 5/16/2013
A picturesque scene from my short-lived adventure in the Okavango Delta A beautiful sunset in Soweto, accompanied by a delicious braai and the…

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