Study Abroad in Jordan: Intensive Arabic Language & Culture Studies in Irbid – Alumni Reviews

Jordan Alumni

Gayron Berman
Wellesley College
Spring and Summer 2012, Intensive Arabic Language & Culture Studies in Irbid
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My name Gayron Berman and I am a senior at Wellesley College majoring in international relations. In the spring and summer of 2012, I studied abroad in Irbid, Jordan. While I enjoyed my entire experience in Jordan, I will always treasure the class discussions that took place in my dialect class. I learned things I would not have fully comprehended had those discussions taken place in the United States.

Riley Carlson
Macalester College
Spring 2012, Intensive Arabic Language & Culture Studies in Irbid
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I am a senior at Macalester College. In spring semester of 2012, I studied abroad in Irbid, Jordan, where I enjoyed exploring desert castles and eating too much falafel.

Katherine Hayes
American University
Fall 2011, Intensive Arabic Language & Culture Studies in Irbid
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My name is Katherine Hayes and I am currently a senior at American University, but I spent the fall semester of my junior year at Yarmouk University participating in the Intensive Arabic Language & Culture Studies program in Irbid, Jordan. My favorite memory from this study abroad experience was an afternoon spent with my friend’s family in a small village outside of Irbid. The entire family and I gathered together to eat mansef, a traditional Jordanian dish, and then my friend took me to help out with the annual olive harvesting on their farm.

Sean Santiago
Canisius College
Fall 2011 and Spring 2012, Intensive Arabic Language & Culture Studies in Irbid
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My name is Sean Santiago and I am a Senior at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. I studied in the Intensive Arabic Language & Culture Studies in Irbid, Jordan from fall 2011 to spring 2012. My favorite memory from my time in Jordan was the time spent outside of class cooking and hanging out with our professors.