My name is Veronica Balick, and I am going into my junior year at the Mount. This summer, I have had the incredible opportunity of performing cancer research at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. My research is focused in immunology, one of the most exciting and fastest-growing […]
I left for Austria at a very poignant time in my life. The journey towards making my decision to go was spontaneous and completely off the cusp. I was wrapping up the end of a difficult school year. My original plans to study abroad in London had completely fallen through. […]
Some would say that the moment our group boarded the bus to Munich, that our Salzburg adventure was over. Others would say that it was when our plane landed on U.S soil, or when we walked out of the Dulles double-doors. But regardless of where someone would say our Salzburg […]
As the rest of my study abroad group flew home to the United States, I was lucky enough to stay a few extra weeks to tour around Austria and Germany with my family. Our vacation started in Salzburg, where I was able to show my family all of my favorite […]
I had numerous expectations and preconceived notions of what my study abroad experience in Austria was going to look like. I thought I was going to find myself and become a completely different person. I thought I would be going, going, going every second of every day. I thought I […]