Helpful Articles

BlogAbroad.com strives to supply students and advisors with as much helpful information as possible. If you are an advisor and you want to learn how to use BlogAbroad.com to increase the number of students on your campus who study abroad, go to our advisor page.

BlogAbroad.com staffs a full-time advisor liaison who dedicates her days to helping advisors get through to students. Kathryn Noel is a graduate of Centre College in Danville, KY. In addition to studying abroad in Strasbourg, France, she has traveled to over 15 countries.

If you would like to speak to Kathryn, or order free supplies for your office, call her at 484-766-2974 or e-mail her at kathryn@edudirectories.com.

If you would like some immediate assistance, however, this page can serve as a great tool by offering articles that were written by study abroad advisors and students, but that will be interesting for both groups.

Other helpful resources include:

Find Friends Abroad - TheFrogHouse.net is an online guidebook and social networking site for students and young travelers abroad. It will help you find friends in your new country and tell you the things you should and shouldn't be doing as well as the places you should and shouldn't be seeing.

FAQs for Prospective Students - Auburn University offers students of all ethnicities reasons why they should consider studying abroad, and offers advisors information that they can use to encourage their students to study abroad.

Student Mindset - EDUinsight, a higher education online newsletter, explains the nuances of current college students.

Advisor Articles Internship at the Center for Purposeful Living, USA A detailed first person account of a life-changing intern experience in Germany from a current study abroad advisor. Planning to Volunteer Abroad? A study abroad advisor offers a list of the top ten questions a student should ask him or herself before going abroad.

Student Articles Resisting the "Bubble" A powerful look at what it's like to be a nurse in a foreign country. I Found My Career in Guatemala! Follow one man's journey as he volunteers his services in Guatemala.