Amy Calugada, ‘07 Litchfield, CT I hadn't even been outside of New England before I went to Denmark for study abroad! This might sound dramatic, but life did really change once I saw myself in another cultural, geographic, national environment. I love what I was doing at Mount Holyoke, but it was so rewarding to see that I could use the same skills set in a new environment and still manage my life effectively.

Emily Johnson, ‘07 Portland, OR Students feel that being in the sciences doesn’t require getting to know the world. But science is ultimately about the social good. A lot of times it’s misused and mistreated and that’s why it’s important to go out and see for yourself as to how your work has or will have an effect on the entire world.