This post is a part of our weekly International Voices column, writing by UT students, for UT students. Enjoy! The dead days are upon us (you can’t expect me to call two puny little days a dead week) – and I believe they’re aptly named. After all, campus turns into… read more
International Voices
International Voices: Defending My Dissertation
This post is a part of our weekly International Voices column, writing by UT students, for UT students. Enjoy! It’s been two weeks since I successfully defended my PhD dissertation, and I can still feel the numerous emotions associated with its completion. In the weeks prior to the actual day… read more
International Voices: All Work and No Play…
This post is a part of our weekly International Voices column, writing by UT students, for UT students. Enjoy! It is Sunday, just past morning, and I’m treating myself to breakfast tacos at the Red River Café and contemplating why it is that we always need a reason to treat… read more
International Voices: Reflecting on the Past
This post is a part of our weekly International Voices column, writing by UT students, for UT students. Enjoy! When it hits August 2015 this year, it will mark two years since I moved to Austin. I often look back on my old self- fresh out of high school and… read more
International Voices: Being a Teacher (and other thoughts)
This post is a part of our weekly International Voices column, writing by UT students, for UT students. Enjoy! As the air chilled and the moisture from above turned into icy little stings on Wednesday night, I was home pressing my thumbs (the equivalent of you crossing your fingers) and… read more
International Voices: Exams in Graduate School – The Good, The Bad, and The Learning
This post is a part of our weekly International Voices column, writing by UT students, for UT students. Enjoy! Have you ever been in a situation where your heart is pounding and you have a ton on your mind? That is part of the unfortunate day in a student’s life,… read more
International Voices: First impressions, now and then
This post is a part of our weekly International Voices column, writing by UT students, for UT students. Enjoy! For some of you internationals, this is your first semester in Austin. You’ve barely unpacked your suitcase and learned the hard way that, while yesterday you could shuffle to school in… read more
International Voices: 1826 Days in the West
This post is a part of our weekly International Voices column, writing by UT students, for UT students. Enjoy! December 31st of 2009 has become one of my most memorable birthdays. I arrived in the United States to begin graduate school on that very day. Travelling from the northern part… read more
An American Thanksgiving
Remember that Thanksgiving episode of Friends where Joey gets a turkey stuck on his head? Or the one where Chandler’s toe gets sliced off? Or, possibly the best, the one where Monica and Chandler finally get to adopt a child? In my personal opinion, the Thanksgiving episodes of any show… read more
International Voices: Dealing with Homesickness
This post is a part of our weekly International Voices column, writing by UT students, for UT students. Enjoy! In the midst of hubbub of Friday night parties, do you often feel that you do not belong to this place? Do you miss being in your favorite places back in… read more