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Global Aggies Blog

The Global Aggies Blog is your place to share your experiences with fellow Aggies considering a study abroad or other global learning program during their time at UC Davis. Write a blog post on a topic you are interested in or complete a Q&A questionnaire to be featured on our website and/or across our social media channels. Full details. 
A student volunteer in a gray polo points to a QR code posted on a board at the Aggie Compass. A blue overlay with the Global Affairs logo in the left corner and Global Aggies in the right sits along the bottom of the image.

Aggie Compass Provides Resources to All

  • by Greta West and Trinity Salazar, SDG Interns
UC Davis’ actions toward promoting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on campus have become more apparent on a student level over the years as students find opportunities to contribute to addressing global challenges on a local level. One example of these actions is how student volunteers engage in the SDGs at the Aggie Basic Needs Center.
Student standing in front of a large stone building in the city of Rabat.

Sophia at Sea: What Being a Global Citizen Means to Me

  • by Sophia Mares de Juan, Student Peer Advisor, Global Learning Hub
"Global Aggies: Sophia at Sea" is a blog series chronicling undergrad Sophia Mares de Juan’s journey as she travels, by ship, around the world studying abroad for a semester. Sophia is participating in the Semester at Sea program and will be blogging throughout the next five months—sharing advice, photos and reflections along the way.
Photo of a student standing next to camels in Morocco. Her left hand is petting the neck of a large camel.

Sophia at Sea: Travelling Through Words and Stories

  • by Sophia Mares de Juan, Student Peer Advisor, Global Learning Hub
"Global Aggies: Sophia at Sea" is a blog series chronicling undergrad Sophia Mares de Juan’s journey as she travels, by ship, around the world studying abroad for a semester. Sophia is participating in the Semester at Sea program and will be blogging throughout the next five months—sharing advice, photos and reflections along the way.
Student walking through a port, smiling, with a large ship in the background through a window

Sophia at Sea: How to Get Started and Make Your Dream a Reality

  • by Sophia Mares de Juan, Student Peer Advisor, Global Learning Hub
"Global Aggies: Sophia at Sea" is a blog series chronicling undergrad Sophia Mares de Juan’s journey as she travels, by ship, around the world studying abroad for a semester. Sophia is participating in the Semester at Sea program and will be blogging throughout the next five months—sharing advice, photos and reflections along the way.
UC Davis international student, Rosh Ho, is standing in front of green and yellow grass in Yosemite National Park, with large mountains in the background.

Global Aggies: Becoming a Global Learner

  • by Blake N Cooper
Rosh Ho, a second-year computer science major at UC Davis, shares his experiences interacting with fellow students from across the Pacific Rim as part of the virtual "Becoming a Global Learner" program. 
Three students sitting on a large, brink wall. The wall has large text: UC Davis. There is a graphic overlay that reads: Aggies Abroad.

Sophia at Sea: Starting My Journey on Semester at Sea

  • by Sophia Mares de Juan, Student Peer Advisor, Global Learning Hub
"Global Aggies: Sophia at Sea" is a blog series chronicling undergrad Sophia Mares de Juan’s journey as she travels, by ship, around the world studying abroad for a semester. Sophia is participating in the Semester at Sea program and will be blogging throughout the next five months—sharing advice, photos and reflections along the way.
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