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 …
Craig Kunkel
Holidays Abroad
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 …
Field Trip, or “Academics: What Exactly I Am Doing Here.”
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 …
Community, Cooking, and Q&A:
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 …
Q&A, Coming Up
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 …
A Long-Overdue Update
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. …
Getting in Touch With My Inner Child-of-Nature.
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 …
Classes, Culture, and Creature Comforts
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 …
Orientation and Class Preparation
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, …
An Intro to My Blog
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 …