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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
Interestingly, I'm a Biology Major and I plan to study medicine after Duke, and before this summer, I had never really been exposed much to the world of theater. Needless to say, my experience was amazing. Since being back on campus, I now frequently attend plays and…
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
As a lover of the arts, I applied to the Duke in London Drama theater program with the supposition that my days would consist of European adventures, while my nights would be filled with "Broadway-style" shenanigans. My time reflected this postulation, but I did not consider strongly…
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
Duke in London took us from Sophocles to Laura Wade, through the Royal Opera House, out into the Globe Theatre, and eventually into the fish-n-chip shop outside the Roundhouse. Any artist will tell you that the best way to learn is to immerse oneself in as many…
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Somerset House
- Somerset House
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Strand Church
- Strand Church
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Big Ben
- Big Ben
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Tower of London
- Tower of London
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
The 2012 Duke in London-Drama program attended 28 productions including operas, modern dance shows, plays, monologue collections, musicals, and verbatim theatre. Our class paid special attention to Shakespeare, however, as a prolific playwright, particularly in Britain. We saw Richard III at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, and as "groundlings"…
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
When people ask how my semester in London was, I can only say that it was an eye-opening experience that pushed me out of my comfort zone and taught me things I could never have learned had I stayed in the United States. Many sides of my…
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Tower of London
- The Tower of London with a view of "Traitor's Gate", so named because prisoners accused of treason such as Queen Anne Boleyn and Sir Thomas More passed through it.
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View From Waterloo Bridge
- A view of London from Waterloo Bridge.
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Duke in London Drama: Prof. Clum with Students
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Duke in London - Drama
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
Seeing Big Ben, the London Eye, and Trafalgar Square are experiences that people never forget. However, living on a college campus in England -- hearing my flatmates' thoughts on everything from college tuition to McDonald's to politics, debating the difference between jell-o and jelly, exploring East London…
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Duke in London - Drama
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Duke in London - Drama
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
Queen Mary, University London, a direct enrollment option, provided a great opportunity to learn about British culture. Because the Duke relationship with Queen Mary is so well-established, I received direct transfer credit for the biology and economics courses I took. I shared a flat with amazing British…
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London View
- A view of London at night.
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Somerset House
- Somerset House
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The Strand
- The Strand
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London
- View of St. Paul's Cathedral from the Millennium Bridge.
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London Terrace
- Somerset terrace
