Category Archives: Cohort

Location: United States

Academic Year 2011-2012 Cohort

There will be 4 students GeoBlogging during the 2011-2012 Academic Year. Below is a list of their names with links to their individual GeoBlog and the Education Abroad program in which they are enrolled.

Asia

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Steffany Mcdougal	IES: Nagoya, Nanzan University
Valerie Toropin	IES: Nagoya, Nanzan University

Europe

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Natalie Ebeling-koning	Leeds: University of Leeds

Middle East

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Kimberly Lytle	CIEE: Istanbul

Location: United States

Fall 2011 Cohort

There will be 21 students GeoBlogging during the Fall 2011 semester. Below is a list of their names with links to their individual GeoBlog and the Education Abroad program in which they are enrolled.

Africa

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Autumn Griffin	CIEE: Cape Town, Arts and Sciences
Katharine Thompson	SFS: Kenya

Asia

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Porsche High	Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong
Samuel Kim	Seoul: Sogang University
Justin Max	Singapore: National University of Singapore
Christopher Shanahan	CIEE: Shanghai, China in a Global Context

Australia/Pacific Islands

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Callie Eardly	Melbourne: University of Melbourne
Victor Koressel	Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington
Erin Sterner	Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington

Europe

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Naeemah Amir	Dept ARCH: Rome
John Austin	AESOP: Montpellier, Integrated
Joyce Chuinkam	IES: Oxford, St. Catherine’s College
Megan Dewalt	Florence:Institute at Palazzo Rucellai, Agriculture Program
Kevin Forgie	CIEE: Alicante, Liberal Arts
Indiah Fortune	Rouen: Rouen Business School
Alyson Gabel	IES: Barcelona, Liberal Arts & Business
Xibi Li	CIEE: Budapest
Alison Pavilonis	Dept ARCH: Rome
Tianyu Wang	CIEE: Seville, Liberal Arts
Daniel Watters	AESOP: Montpellier, Integrated

Latin America

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Sarah Foss	SFS: Costa Rica

Location: United States

Summer 2011 Cohort

There will be 20 students GeoBlogging during the Summer 2011 semester. Below is a list of their names with links to their individual GeoBlog and the Education Abroad program in which they are enrolled.

Africa

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Erin Wade	Rwanda: Association REFUGE Internship Program

Asia

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Zhuo qing Chen	CIEE: Shanghai, Business Language & Culture (Summer)
Zachary Winston	CIEE: Shanghai, Business Language & Culture (Summer)

Europe

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Anita Anim	Brighton: University of Sussex (Summer)
Joanne Augustin	*Besan�on: French Language Studies (Summer)
Alexander Baukus	Dept NUTR: Rome (Summer)
Megan Brown	*London: Literary London (Summer)
Stephanie Brunner	CIEE: Seville, Language and Culture (Summer)
Danielle Callen	*Todi: Italian Language, Art History, and Visual Arts (Summer)
Brenden Dooley	*Maastricht, Netherlands: Politics of European Integration (Summer)
Amanda Flick	*Besan�on: French Language Studies (Summer)
Michael Frieber	*Maastricht, Netherlands: Politics of European Integration (Summer)
Terry-ann Masters	Brighton: University of Sussex (Summer)
Julia Neyhart	Pforzheim: Pforzheim University (Summer)
Brianna Paterniani	Florence: Institute at Palazzo Rucellai (Summer)
Lucy Song	CIEE: Seville, Language and Culture (Summer)

Latin America

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Kathryn Clark	Dept HRIM: Puerto Rico (summer)
Kelsey Rogalewicz	*Puebla, Mexico: Spanish Language, Art and Mexican Culture (Summer)

Middle East

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Courtney Mundt	*Study Tour of Turkey: Archaeology, Heritage, and History of Turkey’s Aegean Coast (Summer)

North America

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Noelle Mateer	CIC: Quebec City, Laval University (Summer)

Location: United States

Spring 2011 Cohort

Forty-one students will be GeoBlogging during the spring 2011 semester. Below is a list of their names with links to their individual GeoBlog and the Education Abroad program in which they are enrolled.

Africa

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Jessica Preston	SFS: Kenya
Averil Sweeney	SFS: Kenya

Asia

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Meile Chen	CIEE: Taipei, National Chengchi University
Daniel Kim	IES: Beijing, Language Intensive Program
Lindsay Paterson	Seoul: Sogang University
Ziqi Qu	IES: Nagoya, Nanzan University

Europe

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Michael Addis	IES: Milan
Miles Bane	Brighton: University of Sussex
Rachel Brownell	IES: London, City University
Jacquelyn Calder	Florence: Institute at Palazzo Rucellai
Lauren Fragnito	CIEE: Seville, Language and Society
Malorie Goldblatt	IES: Paris, French Studies Program
Claire Gray	CIEE: London, University of Westminster
Katelyn Harris	CIEE: Seville, Liberal Arts
Kevin Kochel	Marburg: Philipps University – German Language Program
Michael McHugh	IES: Rome
Evan Murhpy	Dept ARCH: Rome
George Overhiser	Leeds: University of Leeds
Suneeta Ruparelia	Temple: Rome, International Business
Dylan Schubert	IES: Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam
Samuel Schwartz	Florence: Institute at Palazzo Rucellai
Emily Sherry	Canterbury: University of Kent
Bryan Stengel	Arcadia: London Internship Program
Megan Tracey	IES: Paris, Business and International Affairs
Sean Tubridy	IES: Barcelona, Liberal Arts & Business
Tabitha Venkersammy	IES: London
Melanie Versaw	Limerick: University of Limerick
Nicole Visovsky	Arcadia: Perugia, Umbra Institute
Jacqueline Watts	Dept EDUC: Trondheim
Mark Whitaker	IES: Dublin, Trinity College Honors Program

Latin America

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Amanda Gallo	AESOP: Merida, VENUSA
Veronica Jimenez	CIEE: Sao Paulo, Business and Culture

Middle East

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
William Blanchard	CIEE: Istanbul

Oceania

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Karen Donaldson	Hamilton: University of Waikato
Lauralee Geci	Melbourne: Monash University
Chris Gettle	Perth: University of Western Australia
Danielle Gruen	Canberra: Australian National University
Sarah Hill	Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington
Jennifer Ross	IES: The University of Sydney
Anne Tralka	Christchurch: Lincoln University
Ryan Warrender	IES: The University of Sydney

Location: 410 Boucke Building University Park PA 16802

Academic Year 2010 Cohort

Seven students will be GeoBlogging during the 2010 academic year. The students will be studying in four different countries on five Education Abroad programs. Below is a list of their names with links to their individual GeoBlog and the Education Abroad program in which they are enrolled.

Asia

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Sarah Bousfield	IES: Tokyo, Language Intensive Program
Andrew Spiga	IES: Tokyo, Language Intensive Program
Erich Stoekl	Dept ENGR: Sendai, Tohoku University

Europe

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Jonathan Ley	EA: Marburg, Philipps University – German Language
Kristen McKnight	Dept EDUC: Bognor Regis and Jonkoping
Samantha Rutherford	EA: University of Leeds

Fall 2010 Cohort

Fourteen students will be GeoBlogging during the fall 2010 semester. The students will be studying in nine different countries on eleven Education Abroad programs. Below is a list of their names with links to their individual GeoBlog and the Education Abroad program in which they are enrolled.

Africa

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Jacalyn Jeffery	SFS: Kenya
Andrew Koontz	EA: Legon, University of Ghana

Asia

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Jacob Trexler	IES: Tokyo, Language Intensive Program
Xue Wei Zhang	IES: Tokyo, Society and Culture

Europe

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Amelia Hawbaker	EA: Canterbury, University of Kent
Shan Jiang	IES: Oxford, St. Catherine’s College
Aarti Mangla	EA: Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Rouen
Colleen Pisciotta	IES: Madrid
Charlee Redman	IES: Paris, French Studies Program
Peter Szekeres	CIEE: Budapest
Monique Williams	EA: Canterbury, University of Kent

Latin America

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Rachel Lengerich	IES: Buenos Aires
Ricardo Morales	IES: Buenos Aires

Oceania

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Beth Hendershot	EA: Canberra, Australian National University

Embedded 2010 Cohort

Five students and one faculty are traveling to the Czech Republic as part of an embedded education abroad program. An embedded program is a residentially taught course at one of the Penn State campuses with a component of said course taking place abroad. In this case, students took a course during the spring 2010 semester and, as part of the required curriculum, travel to the Czech Republic to continue their studies. For more information please visit Dr. Elavsky’s website. Below is a list of the participant’s names with links to their individual GeoBlog and the Education Abroad program in which they are enrolled.

Czech Republic

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Megan Albright	Embedded: COMM 410 – International Mass Communications
Michael Elavsky	Embedded: COMM 410 – International Mass Communications
Chenjerai Kumanyika	Embedded: COMM 410 – International Mass Communications
Staci Pawlak	Embedded: COMM 410 – International Mass Communications
Creig Smith	Embedded: COMM 410 – International Mass Communications
Drew Stephans	Embedded: COMM 410 – International Mass Communications

Summer 2010 Cohort

Twenty-four students will be GeoBlogging during the summer 2010 semester. The students will be studying in ten different countries on seventeen Education Abroad programs. Below is a list of their names with links to their individual GeoBlog and the Education Abroad program in which they are enrolled.

Africa

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Andrea Elcock	EA: Mang’ula, Tanzania
Katie Hess-Reichard	EA: Mang’ula, Tanzania
Abigail Thomas	EA: Mang’ula, Tanzania
Rachel Tsupros	EA: Mang’ula, Tanzania

Asia

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Sarah Bousfield	EA: Seoul, Sogang University
Lauren Castillo	IES: Tokyo
Bonnie Lu	CIEE: Shanghai, Business Language & Culture
Herschel Pangborn	Dept ENGR: Beijing, China
Trevor Sherts	Dept ENGR: Beijing, China

Europe

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Shuvya Arakali	EA: Florence, Institute at Palazzo Rucellai
Paige Cross	Dept NUTR: Rome
Jennifer Cully	Dept BUS: Florence, Land Under the Tuscan Sun
Carrie Forsberg	Dept HDFS: Rome
Daniel McGee	Dept A E: Rome
Alexandra Meringer	IES: Barcelona, Language & Area Studies Program
Daniel O’Connor	Dept BUS: Florence, Corporate Executives and Medici Dukes

Latin America

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Alexandra Meehan	Altoona: Mexico
Jamie Morrissey	Altoona: Mexico
Anna Myers	Altoona: Mexico
Kristen Tunney	C&I: Mexico, Spanish Language, Art and Mexican Culture

Middle East

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Jill Armington	C&I: Turkey, Landscape Archaeology
Shannon Holzer	C&I: Study Tour of Egypt
Nicole Lau	C&I: Turkey, Landscape Archaeology

North America

Student GeoBlog	Education Abroad Program
Clare Brennan	CIC: Quebec City, Laval University

Location: 422 Boucke Building, Penn State

Spring 2010 Cohort

There are 23 students participating in the spring 2010 GeoBlog pilot project in 17 countries around the world. Below is a table with the student names, links to their programs, and links to their individual GeoBlogs.

To email the students directly, click on their name.
To navigate to their individual GeoBlog, click on their GeoBlog title.
To learn more about their specific education abroad program, click on their location.

Africa

Student Name	GeoBlog	Location
Andrew Disario	Drew’s GeoBlog	East London, South Africa
Dylan Tuttle	Semestre au Senegal	Dakar, Senegal

Asia

Student Name	GeoBlog	Location
Dorothea Tsang	Japan Abroad	Nagoya, Japan
Joanna Lu	Shanghai Spring 2010	Shanghai, China
Katarina Cevallos	Destination Nagoya	Nagoya, Japan
Ned Kimble	To be or not Beijing? That is the blog.	Beijing, China
Nicole Varisco	Hello China	Shanghai, China
Stephen Dobosh	Southeast Asia Bangkok & Beyond	Bangkok, Thailand
Thomas Hsiao	Beijing Adventures	Beijing,China
Thomas Rauch	Tom’s GeoBlog	Shanghai, China

Europe

Student Name	GeoBlog	Location
Bridget Frantz	The Bridge To Copenhagen	Copenhagen, Denmark
Carley Lang	A Penn Stater in Florence	Florence, Italy
Danielle Blackburn	Viva la Vida Salamanca	Salamanca, Spain
Joshua Bell	Penn State 2 Poland	Warsaw, Poland
Julia Weber	Destination Budapest	Budapest, Hungary
Lauren Pappert	Deutschland	Marburg, Germany
Maura Denny	Going Greek	Athens, Greece
Nicole Zinni	Istanbul not Constantinople	Istanbul, Turkey
Timothy Kolstrom	UK Blog	Canterbury, United Kingdom

Latin America

Student Name	GeoBlog	Location
Emily Bryan	Hola From Argentina	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kelsey Hahn	Destination Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires, Argentina

Middle East

Student Name	GeoBlog	Location
Sara Glassman	Live From Israel	Tel Aviv, Israel

Location: 410 boucke building university park pa 16802