Hi all, This is the first post of my blog for my study abroad experience. For those of you that do not know me, my name is Daniel Demeree and I am a junior at Cornell and ambassador of the Agricultural Sciences major. I have decided to study in Sweden this spring semester of 2010 at the Swedish University of the Agricultural Sciences (SLU).
I decided to study abroad because it is an experience that I could not pass up. I am with the CALS Exchange program and they have made the whole process very easy for me. The idea of going to a foreign culture and country is really exciting to me. I will be leaving for Sweden in just two days on January 10 and I am getting feverish thinking about what I am about to undertake. I have to control my emotions in the airport, or people might think wrongly of me. I am leaving out of Newark Int’l, after all. I will be taking four ag science courses at SLU. They are ag cropping systems, animal nutrition, production and utilization of forages, and tropical livestock systems (there is irony here).
These courses will take care of some requirements for the major at Cornell. I did not decide to study abroad for the academics involved. After all, Cornell is already a world class education. The main reason why I wanted to study abroad is that I wanted to experience a foreign culture. I do not have much to say in this first post seems how I have not left the home farm yet. I hope to be able to post once a week throughout the semester and use this blog to journal my experience.
This is my first blog and I do not know what kind of learning curve is involved, so bear with me. I hope to get creative with it. I have added the theme song to students of the town in Sweden I am headed to- Uppsala. It is pretty catchy, I think you will enjoy (youtube vid). Kirsti on being a student in Uppsala, Sweden Kari- you will love it. Also, feel free to comment and make this blog a two-way street.