Jessie Voigts's Blog, page 8
April 25, 2025
Last-Minute Travel Tips for University Students Who Need a Quick Getaway
University schedules can get so tight that you might not have time for personal, fun activities…such as planning a quick getaway. From packing to making bookings, there much that you will need to do within a short period.
Most students usually forego going on trips and getaways due to the work of travel planning, especially when combined with a tight school schedule. However, with proper organization, you can take a weekend off from school to unwind and return...
Enrichment: The Art of the Crealdé School of Art Fellowship Artists
Enrichment: The Art of the Crealdé School of Art Fellowship Artists is a visual feast of an exhibition showcasing the talent and vision of emerging adult artists from one of Central Florida’s most respected community arts institutions.
Julie Nieves: Roses de Teyssode, Watercolor
Presented by Art For All Spaces, Enrichment is an exhibition of painting, drawing, and mixed media works that reveal both discipline and experimentation, hallmarks of the Crealdé traditi...
April 24, 2025
A Day in the Life Abroad in South Korea
When it comes to studying abroad for classes, many questions can arise. What is the culture like? Where are the coolest monuments? Where are the best places to visit? What is the food like?
However, a very important facet of studying abroad may be overlooked in this time of excitement and joy: what a regular day to day experience is like whilst they are living abroad.
To help me understand this idea in more detail, I contacted my friend Ana Sinuco, who recently r...
April 23, 2025
How to Create Your Unique Journey Along Turkey’s Mediterranean Coast
Ever wanted to sail away on your very own odyssey? Me, too (minus the trouble he went through to get home).
If you love days filled with relaxing, water activities, and learning about the ancient history of a place, I’ve got the perfect travel plan for you.
This journey focuses on some truly unique educational and historic places along Turkey’s Mediterranean coast just south of Fethiye, while allowing plenty of time and space to just be.
Your journey will be about ...
More Than A Pharmacy: The History of Crandall Pharmacy, Mexico, New York
Crandall Pharmacy was known to be a pillar of the small community in Mexico, New York. The pharmacy was started in 1941 by Douglass Crandall, a young graduate of Albany School of Pharmacy. With the help of his father, Ward Crandall, he acquired his first store: a tiny storefront on a busy road.
Photo flickr cc: Bill Badzo, adapted by Wandering Educators.
Shortly after the Second World War, his brother, Edmond Crandall, graduated from Albany School of Pharmacy, ...
April 22, 2025
The Power of Communication: Supporting People with Type 2 Diabetes
If you or a loved one have recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, you might be wondering what to do next in this critical health transition.
How do you learn what, how, and when to eat? What changes do you have to make in your lives? And what kind of help might you need to successfully move forward in adapting to your new reality?
Research shows that people newly diagnosed with diabetes experience five challenges during this health trans...
April 21, 2025
Studying Abroad: Food and Culinary Experiences While in Germany
Traveling abroad is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. When granted the opportunity, a student should soak up every bit of it they can get.
One of the most exciting global things to experience is food and culinary customs. While studying in Germany, students can encounter meals rich in whole foods in traditional meals and fun and diverse street food. To wash that down, locals may offer you a local beer or wine, depending on the region.
Let's explore how Kayla Wo...
Music for Present and Future
In the midst of shifting times, it is often a challenge to think about the future. It can also be challenging to consider what resources from the past can be helpful in the present and in seeing ways forward.
Creativity shared in music can offer ideas.
Ideas about, for instance:
Imagining a better vision for what may come
Letting go of past divisions and hurts
Taking time to reflect
Risking caring for one another
Sharing a kind word
All of these and more which can be ...
April 20, 2025
Exploring Albany's Haunted History: The Ten Broeck Mansion
Albany is most famous for being the State Capital of New York. Founded by the Dutch in 1614 as Fort Nassau and later Fort Orange, Albany became the State Capital in 1797. Due to its location along both the Hudson River and Erie Canal, Albany was a key hub for trade and transportation.
Detail from the Rensselaerswyck map of ca. 1630 showing the north tip of Castle Island, location of the Welysburg farm, on the left and the location of Fort Orange, built in 1624,...
April 18, 2025
Navigating Cultural Journeys
Victoria Amandia Nze, a senior at Coe College who is majoring in international business and public relations, had some unexpected experiences when she went to study abroad in Northern France during fall of 2024.
She noted that moving to a new country is often full of surprises because daily life can be quite different from what one is used to. Also, adjusting to these changes takes time and patience.
One of the biggest changes she faced was gett...
