Whether it’s homestay life or academic workload, weekend travel or grocery shopping in another language, our student Correspondents probably have something to say about it. After all, they know what it’s like to study abroad!
We’re excited to welcome and introduce 67 Fall 2019 Correspondents who will be sharing their study abroad journeys through writing, photography, video, social media, and other creative mediums with friends, family, and future study abroad students.
Whether their stories are shared on IES Abroad Blogs, their Instagram accounts, or behind-the-scenes for our catalogs and other printed materials, our Correspondents provide on-the-ground insight and guidance to students preparing for their study abroad journeys.
Get to Know Our Video Correspondents
Watch introductions from our Fall 2019 Video Correspondents:
Check Out Our Writing & Photo Correspondents
Some of our new Correspondents have already started their programs, so we collected a few of our favorite quotes, pictures, and posts they’ve submitted so far:
 | “I will be frustrated sometimes, I will be sad sometimes, and I cannot control every aspect of my study abroad experience. Whether or not I let it define my semester, however, is entirely up to me; it's true that there may be challenges, but there's something to learn from both good and bad experiences when traveling. Even as I dread those bad experiences, I remain hopeful that they will help me grow as a person.” From Pre-departure Anxiety? You're Not Alone! by Charlotte Bonsignore (IES Abroad Rome—Language & Area Studies | Penn State University) |
 | “I’m not going to learn more or less depending on how big my campus is, but the ways I learn may change. I’ve fallen into a routine in my small classes at Mac, generally know what professors expect of me, and know how to build the best kind of schedule given my extracurriculars, sleep schedule, and four-minute commute. This semester, all of that is up-in-the-air.” From New Campus, New Country, New Habits—Predeparture by Betsy Barthelemy (IES Abroad Amsterdam—Social Sciences & Humanities | Macalester College) |
 | “Take a deep breath. Not everything is going to work perfectly, but you are in the best hands, in a beautiful place, and as long as you want to make the most of your time abroad, you are going to have an amazing experience.” From Diary of a Wannabe Kiwi: Move-in Edition by Lexi Ross (IES Abroad Christchurch Direct Enrollment—University of Canterbury | The George Washington University) |
Browse Photos from Our Behind-the-Scenes Correspondents
Featured: Sarina Lincoln (IES Abroad Cape Town—University of Cape Town | Grinnell College)
Read Instagram Posts From Our Writing & Social Media Correspondents
Featured: Pheonix Pittman (IES Abroad Buenos Aires—Latin American Societies and Cultures | Spellman College)
Meet More of Our Correspondents
Below are the Fall 2019 Correspondents with blogs on our website:
*Correspondents who are also part-time Social Media Correspondents, whose first names are linked to their Instagram handles
+IDEA Correspondents, who also work with our Diversity Relations team
| Location | First Name | Last Name | College/University | Correspondent Profile |
Amsterdam+ | Lalini Shanela | Ranaraja | Augustana College | www.iesabroad.org/lalini-ranaraja |
Amsterdam | Betsy | Barthelemy | Macalester College | www.iesabroad.org/betsy-barthelemy |
Auckland | Isabelle | Galko | Southern Methodist University | www.iesabroad.org/isabelle-galko |
Barcelona | Sallie | Rochelle | The University of the South—Sewanee | www.iesabroad.org/sallie-rochelle |
Barcelona* | Chung | University of Rochester | www.iesabroad.org/michael-chung | |
Barcelona | Samuel | Stainton | Wake Forest University | www.iesabroad.org/samuel-stainton |
Berlin | Zoe | Honigberg | Connecticut College | www.iesabroad.org/zoe-honigberg |
Berlin | Elena | Bauer | Pacific Lutheran University | www.iesabroad.org/elena-bauer |
Buenos Aires*+ | Pittman | Spelman College | www.iesabroad.org/pheonix-pittman | |
Cape Town+ | Jack | Reed | Vassar College | www.iesabroad.org/jack-reed |
Christchurch* | Ross | The George Washington University | www.iesabroad.org/lexi-ross | |
Dublin* | Cullnan | Knox College | www.iesabroad.org/emma-cullnan | |
Dublin | Caroline | Norton | Texas Christian University | www.iesabroad.org/caroline-norton |
European Union | Elizabeth | Thies | The George Washington University | www.iesabroad.org/elizabeth-thies |
Freiburg+ | Melissa | Shaiman | The George Washington University | www.iesabroad.org/melissa-shaiman |
Freiburg | Madelaine | Griesel | Trinity University | www.iesabroad.org/madelaine-griesel |
Granada+ | Yupeng | Wu | Bryn Mawr College | www.iesabroad.org/yupeng-wu |
London* | Joachim | Hope College | www.iesabroad.org/katie-joachim | |
London | Madison | Palmer | Providence College | www.iesabroad.org/madison-palmer |
Madrid | Michael | Parrott | University of Michigan | www.iesabroad.org/michael-parrott |
Milan | Matthew | Sill | Claremont McKenna College | www.iesabroad.org/matthew-sill |
Milan*+ | Le Blanc | Northwestern University | www.iesabroad.org/kandise-leblanc | |
Nagoya+ | Hikmah | Okoya | Bowdoin College | www.iesabroad.org/hikmah-okoya |
Nantes | Miah | Tapper | Kenyon College | www.iesabroad.org/miah-tapper |
Nice | Maddy | Mulder | The College of William and Mary | www.iesabroad.org/maddy-mulder |
Oxford | Annika | Ziegler | University of Redlands | www.iesabroad.org/annika-ziegler |
Paris*+ | Philippe | Berea College | www.iesabroad.org/christella-philippe | |
Paris*+ | Reyes | University of Redlands | www.iesabroad.org/kevin-reyes | |
Quito* | Bass | Pacific University | www.iesabroad.org/jennifer-bass | |
Quito* | Ato | The George Washington University | www.iesabroad.org/tabitha-ato | |
Rabat+ | Brianna | Gist | Georgetown University | www.iesabroad.org/brianna-gist |
Rome | Emma | Seiwell | Fordham University | www.iesabroad.org/emma-seiwell |
Rome* | Bonsignore | Penn State University | www.iesabroad.org/charlotte-bonsignore | |
Salamanca | Natalie | Gould | Claremont McKenna College | www.iesabroad.org/natalie-gould |
Santiago | Danika | Odell | Occidental College | www.iesabroad.org/danika-odell |
Shanghai+ | Micol | Striuli | Providence College | www.iesabroad.org/micol-striuli |
| Shanghai | Claire | Moosberg | The College of William and Mary | www.iesabroad.org/claire-moosberg |
Sydney+ | Isabella | Cammarata | Marist College | www.iesabroad.org/isabella-cammarata |
Tokyo | Emery | Louie | Carleton College | www.iesabroad.org/emery-louie |
Vienna* | Sedgwick | Gettysburg College | www.iesabroad.org/brittney-sedgwick |
Want to keep up with all of our Fall 2019 Correspondents throughout the semester? View their latest posts on IES Abroad Blogs.
