{"id":148334,"date":"2019-04-05T08:46:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T12:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=148334"},"modified":"2021-06-28T10:34:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:34:06","slug":"education-abroad-anna-zarra-aldrich-20-london-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2019\/04\/education-abroad-anna-zarra-aldrich-20-london-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Abroad: Anna Zarra Aldrich ’20, London, England"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UConn Education Abroad program allows students to gain rich experience in other cultures by immersing themselves in the educational and social life of another country. At UConn, more than 400 programs spanning 54 nations are available. In the 2017-18 academic year, about 19 percent of the graduating class had participated in one of the programs, well above the national average of 10 percent. More than half of those students had spent a semester or year in another country. Here is one of them.<\/p>\n

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Anna Aldrich outside The Globe \u2013 a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse associated with William Shakespeare \u2013 in London, England.<\/div>
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Anna Aldrich outside The Globe \u2013 a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse associated with William Shakespeare \u2013 in London, England.<\/div><\/div>\"Anna<\/a>
Anna Aldrich outside The Globe \u2013 a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse associated with William Shakespeare \u2013 in London, England.<\/div>
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Anna Aldrich, right, having tea with UConn student Sarah Motta at the Cliffs of Dover.<\/div><\/div>\"Anna<\/a>
Anna Aldrich in the Scottish Highlands.<\/div>
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Anna Aldrich in the Scottish Highlands.<\/div><\/div>\"Anna<\/a>
Anna Aldrich at London Bridge.<\/div>
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Anna Aldrich at London Bridge.<\/div><\/div>\"Anna<\/a>
Anna Aldrich crossing Abbey Road \u2013 made famous by the Beatles \u2013 in London.<\/div>
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Anna Aldrich crossing Abbey Road \u2013 made famous by the Beatles \u2013 in London.<\/div><\/div>\"Anna<\/a>
Anna Aldrich, right, in Brighton, England, with UConn students Sarah Motta, left, and Addison Kimber.<\/div>
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Anna Aldrich, right, in Brighton, England, with UConn students Sarah Motta, left, and Addison Kimber.<\/div><\/div>\"Anna<\/a>
Anna Aldrich, center, at the Cliffs of Dover with UConn students Sarah Motta, left, and Addison Kimber.<\/div>
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Anna Aldrich, center, at the Cliffs of Dover with UConn students Sarah Motta, left, and Addison Kimber.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

Name:<\/strong> Anna Zarra Aldrich
\nYear:<\/strong> Junior
\nMajor:<\/strong> English, journalism, and political science
\nEducation Abroad programs:<\/strong> London, England, summer 2018; Florence, Italy, summer 2019.<\/p>\n

About:<\/strong> Aldrich, of Wallingford, Connecticut, is interested in a career in communications. She is a writer and editor at The Daily Campus,<\/em> and is a student communications specialist in the Office of the Vice President for Research, where she produces grant announcements and profiles about faculty and staff researchers.<\/p>\n

How did you get interested in Education Abroad?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I knew that I wanted to study abroad even before I went to college. I have always loved to travel, and the first time I went abroad was between my freshman and sophomore years of high school to Italy, where my family is from. I loved that experience. I love to see different parts of the world with different cultures \u2013 to be able to be completely immersed in them is a really worthwhile experience. When I heard about the London program, which allowed me to do an internship and take classes while living abroad, I thought it would work out perfectly for me professionally, academically, and to learn as a citizen of the world.<\/p>\n

What was your academic experience like in London?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I took a class at Birkbeck University in London called \u2018Media Forms and Institutions in Britain,\u2019 and I did an editorial internship at EL Gazette<\/em>, an English language education magazine. I did a full piece on English language learners in America and how the plans of Secretary [of Education Betsy] DeVos will affect them<\/a>. I also did a piece on the most used words to describe the World Cup<\/a>. The pace was different at a magazine, because we were doing monthly stories in long form. I found that British media are slightly more editorial. The people at the magazine asked me a lot of questions about American politics and we talked a lot about Brexit. Working and meeting with different people was a huge part of the experience.<\/p>\n