During my time abroad, I had incredible opportunities to meet new people and travel around Europe. This was my first time in Europe, and I was able to see many different places in Italy, as well as some of France, Croatia, Monaco, and Portugal. My favorite location that I visited was Maderia, Portugal, where we went on a 7-mile hike in the mountains, high above the clouds. Another favorite location of mine was in the heart of Rome, near my apartment where my friends and I learned how to make traditional Roman
I learned a lot from this experience, learning to travel efficiently and understand the culture of the area that you are in before you travel there. I encountered many individuals who loved to hear about our studies and our plans for the future, and I was met with open arms by many of the locals. I am especially grateful for our amazing professors, who I could not thank enough for their kindness and guidance throughout the two classes that I took while in Rome.
I will forever recommend studying abroad to my peers and friends
Overall, I am extremely grateful for the financial support that I received from the Forest Akers Trust scholarship and hope that one day I can support students in the same way as you. You have given me something that I could never thank you enough for and I hope you know how special this scholarship was to me. I come from a low-income family, and I never dreamed that I would have gotten the chance to live in Rome and travel the world like that. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Name: Chloe Lohman
Status: Senior
Major: Human Biology
Hometown: Spring Lake, Michigan
Program: Human Biology Summer in Rome
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