Murray State across the pond Students travel from Murray to Germany
Story by Alexis Schindler Photos courtesy of Jenna Straub Like many universities across the United States, Murray State offers its students many opportunities to study abroad. Murray State not only offers its students the chance to study abroad, but the University partners with schools in other countries to give international students the chance to study at Murray State for a semester, or longer if they so choose. The Semester in Regensburg Program allows a Murray State student to spend a semester at Germany’s Universität Regensburg, or University of Regensburg. Murray State sophomore Jenna Straub from Mahomet, Illinois, took advantage of the program during the fall 2019 semester.
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Straub, an agribusiness major with a concentration in global agribusiness, had never studied abroad or been to Europe until the program. Straub arrived in Germany for the program on Sept. 3, 2019. Regensburg broadened her horizons in many ways, including outside of the classroom. “This has been my first time in Europe, my first time riding the metro, my first time riding a train and my first time living in an apartment on my own,” Straub said in an email. The program gives students plenty of time to explore Europe on their own. Straub said at Murray State her schedule would typically include two classes a day, working out in the Bauernfeind Wellness Center on campus, various
