Hej from Denmark

WOW, hi everyone! I am absolutely devastated that I am not there to meet you all and cannot wait to get to know each and every one of you that I don’t already know! Missing out on PM is the one thing that has been giving me FOMO since being abroad. 

I’m assuming you all know who I am since I was in the Alumni Magazine featured as Ace the Skyhawk (my 2nd most important role on campus after PM), so I am pretty much the most important figure on campus (yes, more important than Father John), but if you don’t know who I am, my name is Linsey and I am a junior on campus from Natick Massachusetts. I am a psychology major with a minor in sociology.

I think the most important thing to let everyone know is that Kyle Collins and I are the OG couple on the team, so don’t let all the other flings happening on the team fool ya because Kyle and I are pretty much the cat’s meow. 

Come on, look at us. We've been together for 5 years. You can just call us mom and dad.

Okay, now that I have told you the important things, I guess I should let you know what I am doing abroad. I am in Copenhagen with Allison Murray (she is kinda annoying but I guess it’s cool to have a fellow Skyhawk here with me). Cope is honestly so amazing though and I have been having so much fun here! I am traveling a lot and taking a bunch of really cool classes, but don’t want to bore you all with the names of all of them!

In all seriousness I cannot wait to see/get to know every single one of you when I get back on campus. I am beyond excited to be with the team again and welcome in the class of 2021 with all of you amazing people! Can I get a HILLYEAH?!

HEY FROM THE UK

OMG HI!

If you're reading this, I love you dearly. Yes, all of you. Except Dave. And Tim. But I'm sending everyone else so much Skyhawk love from here in London!! I can't wait to meet you all and hug every last one of you. Being a PM is my absolute favorite role on campus (shhh... don't tell the admissions department) and I'm so glad to share this experience with all of you one last time.


I just realized that some of you might not know me literally at all, so here's my slightly modified tour introduction! I'm Sam, I'm a junior here at Stonehill, originally from Chelmsford, MA. As of TODAY I'm officially an Economics major with a double minor in Data Science and Business Administration (say that three times fast) which is a super big deal because I've spent the last 2 years trying to change my major, but I'm so indecisive! Other than being a PM (hillya) I practically live in Donahue working for admissions, I'm a Center Assistant and Peer Tutor in the CWAA, I'm part of some WILD greek life (honor societies) on campus, and I can most commonly be found in Jefferson, at brunch, or physically attached to Keri.

Now that you know who I am, here's a bit about what I'm up to while you're buried in snow, midterms, and awkward, ice-breaker filled PM trainings. I'm living a slightly different life as a resident, student and intern in a city that's nothing like our beloved Easton. Here in London I'm working 20 hours a week as a Digital Marketing Analytics Intern at Perfect Storm Media. That's not quite as elite as it sounds; I typically get coffee and "fix" the printer when my boss unplugs it, but sometimes I get to perform real analyses and geek out over excel and fun data software. I know, I'm super cool!!

I'm also taking 3 classes here: International Finance (why do exchange rates exists they're literally the price of money I don't get it), Gender & Citizenship in Britain (girl power! *said with British accent*), and Analyzing Global London (yesterday we listened to the Beatles for 2 hours... this counts as my history cornerstone #liberalarts). For the most part my classes consist of field trips around London, intelligent discussions about what we saw, and short papers analyzing pretty much anything remotely related to the class. Despite the small amount of homework compared to Stonehill classes, I'm learning A TON and having a blast, 10/10 would recommend going abroad, I actually feel myself getting smarter in so many ways.


Other than that I absolutely love living in this big, fast paced city; it's so cool to be somewhere so surprisingly different from home. Saying that it will be tough to get me back to the states in a month in a half is a serious understatement, but I cannot wait to meet all of you and be back in a place where people don't look at me funny when I say hill yeah. HAVE A GREAT SEMESTER, see you all so soon!!

xoxo,
Gossip Girl (actually Sam tho)

HI GLOBAL PEER MENTORS

Hey everyone! We all hope your trips around the globe are going "purpfect." We all would LOVE to hear about what you're doing and see some beautiful pictures! Take some time and tell us what you're all up to abroad - this way new Peer Mentors can get to know your flawless faces and returners can continue to cry about the fact that we miss you endlessly.  Throughout your remaining time abroad, you can continue blogging on this page and get to know everyone!

Love you all from Stonehill, to Denmark, to South Africa, to Italy, to Czech Republic, to Croatia, to England, to Ireland and back to the Hill.

~ Pete