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Notes From an Average Girl // Notes from my junior year

By Madeline Milchman, Staff Writer • April 15, 2025

In this edition of Notes From an Average Girl, senior staff writer Madeline Milchman reflects on her junior year of college.

Faith’s Findings // Study Abroad

By Faith Richardson, Staff Writer • January 12, 2025

In this edition of Faith’s Findings, staff writer Faith Richardson shares her discovery of the Pitt Global Study programs and gives tips for applying.

Satire | Surviving studying abroad: Tips, tricks and tribulations

By Alaina McCall, Staff Columnist • September 20, 2024

OK, Mr. Moneybags. So you can afford studying abroad. Go off, king. Or, like me, you’ve got mad loans, so what’s just one more? So here’s my tried and tired and true method to not only survive your study abroad.

Pitt students and alumni win Fulbright awards

By Kyra McCague, Staff Writer • June 25, 2024

Fourteen Pitt students and alumni received Fulbright awards for the 2024-25 academic year. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs named Pitt a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for the 2023-24 academic year, a recognition Pitt has earned 9 times since the 2013-14 cycle.

Opinion | How not to die while traveling solo

By Anna Ehlers, Contributing Editor • March 27, 2024

Confident in my travel abilities, I set out for Galway on the second to last day of November … and by the end of the next day, was wildly sick and bedridden. On my own. In a strange city. With no one to help me.

Students utilize Nationality Room Scholarships for summer study abroad programs

By Bella Markovitz, Staff Writer • May 31, 2023

After a long semester of applications and interviews, students are beginning to reap the benefits of the Nationality Room Scholarships they’ve received for summer study abroad programs.

Opinion | Seniors, don’t limit yourself — apply to grad programs outside of the U.S.

By Sarah Liez, Senior Staff Columnist • January 8, 2023

Whenever someone asks me about my current prospects, I give them an answer they typically aren’t expecting… I’m not applying to any universities in the United States. Then I tell my American peers they should consider doing the same.

International TEFL Academy expands opportunities for recent graduates

By Gabriella Garvin, Staff Writer • October 25, 2022

The International TEFL Academy started in 2010 to help people learn to teach English as a foreign language. It offers a four-week series of educational training sessions that are available in the U.S., Latin America, Asia and Europe.

‘Stick to issues you’re passionate about’: Four Pitt students win Obama-Chesky scholarship

By Khushi Rai, Staff Writer • October 10, 2022

Barack Obama and Brian Chesky started a new scholarship for college students that aims to bolster public service. Pitt is the university with the fourth most recipients in the nation.

Students reflect on their summer study abroad experiences as many COVID-19 restrictions lift

By Julia DiPietro, Staff Writer • September 18, 2022

Zane Troxell, a junior English literature major, participated in a program called American Junior Year at Heidelberg University for six weeks this summer. Troxell, who is pursuing a German certificate at Pitt, said he took his study abroad opportunity to advance his German speaking skills.