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Craig Kunkel

I’m Halfway Through the Program and I Need Your Help! Also, “Science Humor.”

Posted on February 19, 2020

It is hard to believe that my time here is half over. Perhaps this is because I still have not really explored much of Sweden? Maybe because there are so many things I want to …

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Holidays Abroad

Posted on January 21, 2020

19th, January Universities in EU nations do not have a 4-week winter break like many of those in the US. We have 12 days, give or take, depending on one’s class schedule. I spent the …

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Field Trip, or “Academics: What Exactly I Am Doing Here.”

Posted on December 9, 2019

07th, December I realized that, aside from complaining about Stats, I have not really said much about what I am doing here academically or scientifically. I had hoped to get involved in research but that …

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Community, Cooking, and Q&A:

Posted on November 25, 2019

Community: Since arriving in Sweden, I have had very few social interactions. Reasons include: the time I spent navigating the Swedish bureaucracy when trying to settle in, age differences between myself and other students, and …

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Q&A, Coming Up

Posted on November 14, 2019

14th, November I thought it might be nice to do something a little more interactive and want to give Q&A a try. I will collect questions over the next week and post the responses here …

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A Long-Overdue Update

Posted on November 4, 2019

4th, November 2019 The past several weeks have been very hectic and time to write has been fleeting. Since my last entry, I settled into the Swedish education system as much as one can expect. …

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Getting in Touch With My Inner Child-of-Nature.

Posted on September 23, 2019

21st, September Apologizing in advance for the blurry photos. I traveled to Stockholm today to hike around one of the islands on the archipelago. Yes, I could have hiked around the forests near where I …

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Classes, Culture, and Creature Comforts

Posted on September 16, 2019

13th, September 2019 It has been just over 2 weeks since arriving in Sweden and I have encountered plenty of problems. Major appliance failures in my apartment, problems with my residence permit, my student card …

Posted in Academic Year 2019-2020, Craig Kunkel, Europe, Returned Student, SwedenTagged CALS, Craig Kunkel, International Academic Programs, study abroad, Sweden, UW study abroad, UW-madison, year abroad

Orientation and Class Preparation

Posted on September 3, 2019

1st, September 2019 We had orientation on the 29th and 30th. Orientation was surprisingly lacking in information. I still have no idea how to access my class schedule, where to find my class web pages, …

Posted in Academic Year 2019-2020, Craig Kunkel, Europe, Returned Student, SwedenTagged CALS, Craig Kunkel, International Academic Programs, orientation, start of program, study abroad, Sweden, UW-madison, year abroad

An Intro to My Blog

Posted on September 3, 2019

13th, June 2019 This blog was created as one of the conditions for my being awarded the Global Gateway Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. I am fortunate to be studying at the …

Posted in Academic Year 2019-2020, Craig Kunkel, Europe, Returned Student, SwedenTagged CALS, Craig Kunkel, International Academic Programs, introduction, pre-departure, study abroad, Sweden, UW-madison, year abroad
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