As we keep receiving more information about COVID-19, our University keeps responding and updating us on how we are going to proceed. As we told you in our last post, the Florence bloggers are back home from Italy and will continue blogging from home for the rest of the semester. […]
Author: Emma
Feeling Right at Home in Dublin
It has been about two weeks since I returned from Dublin. Even though I jumped right back into life at the Mount and classes are in full swing as I am finishing up the semester for finals, I have been trying to reflect and process the short trip we had […]
Grafton, Guinness, & Good Craic: A Whirlwind Weekend in Ireland
Last weekend, Dr. Kennedy and I embarked on our 4-day trip to Dublin, Ireland to collect data for my Honors Project, capture content for this Travel Blog, and visit with the Mount students studying abroad in Dublin during their last weekend abroad. It was a whirlwind trip that will be […]
Taking It Easy in the EU with Friends and Family
The following article was printed in the 4th edition of this year’s Mountain Echo by Staff Writer Paige Roberts, who is contributing to the “Life” section of the paper while studying in Dublin this semester. Just as our fellow Mounties do back in Emmitsburg, study abroad students have the pleasure of enjoying […]
Wanderlust Turned Honors Project
When it came time last spring to begin thinking of what I wanted to research for my honors project, I honestly had no idea of what I wanted to do. I knew it had to be this 25 page paper and 20 minute presentation at the Mount’s annual SPARC Festival, […]