my name is Alexandra Haeusser, and this is my GeoBlog, which I will use to document and reflect on my experiences before, during, and after my study abroad program to Perugia, Italy, in Fall 2012. I want to welcome and thank all of my readers for tuning in to my stories and hope they’ll be exciting for you to read like they’ll be for me to experience! 

Some brief background on me…

I just finished my sophomore year at Penn State University in the Schreyer Honors College, and look forward to starting my junior year in Italy:) I’m majoring in Secondary Education for English and am a member of Springfield THON and VIPS Tutoring in State College.

And some background on my study abroad program…

I’ll be studying at the Umbra Institute in Perugia, Italy, through a program run by Arcadia University. While abroad I’ll be taking a lot of literature and writing classes taught in English in order to fulfill requirements for my major. I’ll also be continuing my Italian language studies and look forward to learning more Italian and talking with the locals!

I wanted to keep the first post relatively short, but hopefully I’ll be back soon to reflect on my preparations before I leave August 30. All I can say right now is that there are a lot of things to do, and along with my two summer jobs, they are keeping me very busy:)

On a sweeter note…