NSLI-Y 2024 Turkey – Week 3

NSLI-Y 2024 Turkey - Week 3 Selamlar! The Bursa cohort is officially halfway through the program. After a couple weeks of settling in, the cohort approached week three with much enthusiasm for all the activities in store. We started off with a national holiday on Monday – Democracy and...

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NSLI-Y 2024 Korea – Week 3

NSLI-Y 2024 Korea - Week 3   Weekly announcements: Congratulations to Andrea for winning last week’s photo contest! Her photo, featuring the vibrant sunset, captured the theme “Hot Summer” perfectly.   Happy birthday to our students Avril and Doris, both turning 17!  ...

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NSLI-Y 2024 Turkey – Week 2

NSLI-Y 2024 Turkey - Week 2 Merhabalar from Bursa! It has been a busy week for the NSLI-Y cohort in Türkiye. We kicked off this amazing week with a tour of the Silk Production and Design Center, where the NSLI-Y students were able to watch part of the silk-making process. The students...

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NSLI-Y 2024 Taiwan – Week 2

NSLI-Y 2024 Taiwan - Week 2 This week’s blog writers: Haben and Calvin   Hello everyone! As we settle into our second week in Taipei, much of the initial chaos of the first week has worn off — though things are still pretty crazy! Coming home from last week’s weekend of beach...

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NSLI-Y 2024 Latvia – Week 2

NSLI-Y 2024 Latvia - Week 2 Greetings again from Riga. This week, we’d like to share a blog drafted by students Sophie and Yuxuan. We were told that “those six weeks will fly by” during the finalist selection process for this program. Back then, it seemed doubtful that this could go by...

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NSLI-Y 2024 Korea – Week 2

NSLI-Y 2024 Korea - Week 2 Miracle on the Han River Weekly Announcements! Happy Birthday to our RD, Madeline-seonsaengnim!   As we enter the second week in Yongin, South Korea, we begin with a special announcement! Yongin RD, Madeline-seonsaengnim, introduces a photo contest...

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NSLI-Y 2024 Turkey – Week 1

NSLI-Y 2024 Turkey - Week 1 Our first week in Turkey is officially over! At our Pre-Departure Orientation in Chicago, our cohort had plenty of time to get to know each other and start bonding. After a long day of travel, we finally made it to Istanbul, just in time to watch the sunset over

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NSLI-Y 2024 Taiwan – Week 1

NSLI-Y 2024 Taiwan - Week 1 大家好!! Hello everyone! Our first week was so crazy and felt so long, but we made so many memories and long-lasting friendships. We started off with our 2-day orientation in Chicago. Everybody clicked in an instant and became so close like 家人 (family). We...

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