Types of study abroad experiences are endless. Students can even take GE courses abroad while immersing themselves in a new culture, and that is an option Kate pursued. As a fifth-year double-major in human development and communications, Kate Villegas took part in a study abroad program in Madrid, Spain.

Since the first iteration of “Design in Europe," a study abroad program at UC Davis, students have kept visual journals of their travels – six to eight pages per day – that are a mix between a scrapbook, sketchbook, travelogue, collage and diary. The journals have been exhibited in Iceland, Scotland, England and the Netherlands. Now, for the first time, these journals are being exhibited all together right here in Davis, Calif.

Four College of Letters and Science students who received the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship to study languages outside of the U.S. discuss their time in the programs abroad.