Study abroad can prove to be one of the most gratifying, adventurous, challenging and extraordinary opportunities that you undertake in life. It certainly has been for me. I sought opportunity this past summer for six weeks studying and traveling across Ireland as a participant in the Irish Studies Summer School at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
![To Ireland and back: UMSL history alumna shares her study abroad experience](https://blogs.umsl.edu/news/files/2013/07/michael_mia_495_278.jpg)