The Good, the Bad and the Confusing: Being Back at Colby. Ice Cream Social.

Welcome back from your journeys abroad!

 

I hope that everyone is enjoying their first couple of weeks being reunited with the Colby community. Based on previous challenges students faced when returning to Colby, a group of students have joined with Off Campus Studies to sponsor an ice cream social/discussion session in LoPo from 4:00-5:00PM on Sunday, September 29th.The idea is for students to gather in an informal setting and share as much as you would like about your experiences abroad and experiences transitioning back to the U.S./Colby. The group will be entirely student facilitated.

 

Do you find that you…

 

• Feel that campus feels strange and full of new people?
• Want to talk about it but realize that others don’t always want to hear very much about it?
• Have trouble explaining your experience abroad or its importance to you?
• Have the sensation of being "out of place" despite being home?
• Experience "reverse homesickness" for the place where you studied abroad?
• See that relationships with family and friends have changed?
• Feel that others misunderstand your growth, or see the "wrong" changes in you?
• Assess your home in a way that is judgmental or overly critical?
• Feel that your experience abroad is lost or cut off from the rest of your life?

 

It is likely that at least one of these questions pertains to you. You're most definitely not alone in the frustrations you may be having; let's show one another that by joining up! Finally, our hope is to gain insight about how Colby can better support students while abroad and returning from abroad. Your input is incredibly valuable in this process.

 

Come one, come all!