Student Stories
Community of Care: How UMD Shows Up for Ukrainian Students & Staff, One Year After the Invasion
Tetiana Tytko, president of the UMD Ukrainian Student Association, shares her experiences in watching the Russian invasion of Ukraine unfold from the U.S.
What My First 24 Hours in Dublin Taught Me About Problem Solving in the Workplace
By Audrey J. BartholomewIf I’m being completely honest, I felt doomed during my first 24 disastrous hours in Ireland. The day was full of stressors that gave me the impression that maybe I wasn’t cut out to be on my own. Above all, I realized that talking about studying abroad and actually going abroad are two entirely different things. In retrospect, this needed to happen, and everything that took place on that first day allowed me to build my confidence from the ground up.