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It’s 25 degrees on a Saturday afternoon. I enjoy the warmth of the last warm rays of sunshine on my face. I enjoy having all my friends around me, the atmosphere in the air. I hear and I feel the music. This is what an open air get-together in the...

Hey everyone! I have been studying in Arizona for the last two and a half months at Arizona State University. During my time here I have experienced a lot, and many things appear to be similar to the Netherlands, but some things are noticeably different....

Hi everyone!

Today I want to take you on a time lapse. I’ll dive back into that time that I was a freshmen at UCG, which in fact is only one year ago.

Dear readers,

Even though for most of my fellow UCG classmates the semester has only just begun, mine, here in Australia, is already halfway over. I cannot believe how quick this time has flown by, and how little time I actually have left in this beautiful country!

I am Eva, a second year student at UCG and one of the many German expats in who reside in Groningen. When I tell people I study Liberal Arts and Sciences, I encounter many surprised faces as I belong to the few German students who don’t study Psychology or...

It has been two weeks since I left the Netherlands and travelled to Tempe, Arizona, in the United States of America in order to attend Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University. I have already found my way (well, most of it) around campus, and I...

To get a better view of different majors and what different students focus upon within these, this blogpost summarizes different thesis the students of the class of 2018 have written. The last semester of UCG, students spend 7.5 study-credits on their...

It has been exactly 24 days since I tried to fit my entire life in my 50-liter backpack, said goodbye to my family (and, more importantly, cats) and got on a plane that took me from Groningen to the other side of the world. And let me tell you – these have...