{"id":1492,"date":"2016-12-11T17:13:39","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T00:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyomingextension.org\/agambassadors\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2016-12-11T17:13:39","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T00:13:39","slug":"oh-the-places-youll-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/oh-the-places-youll-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh, the places you&#8217;ll go&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Studying abroad was easily one of the best choices I have made during my college career. A few summers ago, I traveled to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/say-fromage\/\">France<\/a> with the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwyo.edu\/agecon\/what%20we%20do\/international%20study%20course\/index.html\">the International Food and Farm Culture<\/a> study abroad. It has really amazed me that I have been asked about my experience in France in almost every interview I have had since then.<\/p>\n<p>In hindsight, studying abroad <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-content\/uploads\/escargot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1493 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-content\/uploads\/escargot-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"escargot\" width=\"275\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a>really enriched who I am as an individual. International experience gives you a deeper understanding of your own culture. For example, I\u2019ll always remember a conversation I had with my host family over a dinner of escargot. We were discussing strange foods in my culture. I casually mentioned that in the west, people eat Rocky Mountain Oysters. I\u2019ll never forget the look on their faces! I will always be thankful for the abundance of public restrooms in the United States, because in France, many restrooms were pay to play.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be forever grateful for the enrichment that studying abroad brought to my life. I am more confident in myself traveling now than I was before my trip. Over winter break, I will be traveling to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwyo.edu\/studyabroad\/faculty-led\/winter.html\">Ecuador<\/a> to learn more about the biodiversity of birds and endangered species. I am really looking forward to this experience.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Wyoming really encourages studying abroad. If you are concerned about taking time out of your degree program to study abroad, there are many short-term study abroad opportunities. The College of Agriculture is very supportive of studying abroad. I have been fortunate enough to receive a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwyo.edu\/agprograms\/beyond-the-classroom\/\">Beyond the Classroom<\/a> grant to help fund both experience. I would encourage all students to at least look into studying abroad. It will change your life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Rachel Purdy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Studying abroad was easily one of the best choices I have made during my college career. A few summers ago, I traveled to France with the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics on the International Food and Farm Culture study abroad. It has really amazed me that I have been asked about my experience &#8230; <a title=\"Oh, the places you&#8217;ll go&#8230;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/oh-the-places-youll-go\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Oh, the places you&#8217;ll go&#8230;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ag-ambassadors"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9Le20-o4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}