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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
Certainly Russia was beautiful. Surely, my experience there was an incredible one. But most importantly, it was a wildly different place than any I had been before.
I have taken classes at Duke, studying the language and the culture of this country, but it seemed that the…
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Office of Study Abroad:
In addition to greatly improving my Russian language skills, my study abroad experience gave me an appreciation of and knowledge of the culture that I cherish. It enabled me to explore parts of the country that time constraints had prevented me from seeing on a previous…
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Duke in Russia
- Program Director Edna Andrews and students on the Duke in Russia program.
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Office of Study Abroad:
When I embarked on my study abroad trip to St. Petersburg, Russia last May, I had only been studying the language for four months. The prospect of spending three months immersed in its native country both excited and terrified me. I knew that along with an…
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
Studying in Russia was an eye-opening experience for me. When we arrived, it was a total culture shock. On the first day we went to the grocery store to buy water and struggled even to make it past the cashier because of the language and cultural barriers.…
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office,
The first thing I learned upon arriving in St. Petersburg, Russia was how much I didn't know. Over the course of seven weeks, I learned a second lesson: I can figure it out. Duke in Russia has been a priceless academic experience, an exploration of the art…
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Duke in Russia
- Duke in Russia
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
My first experience with the Russian language came in my junior year of high school, when a Ukrainian friend (almost frivolously) suggested that I should learn Russian. To my own surprise, I took up his suggestion and even started studying in my free time. However, as I…
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
I really loved studying abroad in St. Petersburg. My language skills grew exponentially there in a way that would not have been possible if I had only studied in America. With DukeEngage I was given an additional opportunity to extend my stay in Russia another month. After…
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Postcard from Abroad
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Dear Global Education Office:
The Duke in Russia summer program was my first time being abroad and it was eye opening to experience another culture. I lived on the outskirts of the city with a group of mostly Duke students, so we were able to find our way together.
When I…
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Catherine Palace
- Catherine Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Duke in Russia
- Duke in Russia
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Catherine Palace
- A view of Catherine Palace, summer residence of the Russian tsars.
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Smolny Institute
- The Smolny Institute at St. Petersburg State University.
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St. Petersburg
- City of St. Petersburg, Russia.
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St. Petersburg Ironwork
- Ironwork detail from St. Petersburg, Russia.
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St. Pete Banner
- St. Pete Banner
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St. Petersburg
- A view of the Cathedral of the Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg.
