A Rift as Perspective
Contributors
Olivia Ortiz is a senior International Relations and French double major with a minor in Anthropology. She spent August 2017 through June 2018 living and studying in Montpellier, France where she practiced the French language and spent weekends traveling wherever she could find the cheapest tickets. After college she’ll be returning to France briefly to visit her host family before spending July and August as a tour guide and translator for French people coming over to the US. After that, she intends to join the Peace Corps before pursuing a Masters in Medical Anthropology.
Montpellier, France 2017-2018
OLIVIA ORTIZ
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Sara is a senior communication major and conflict studies minor from Syracuse, NY. She spent three months in Vienna, Austria taking Introduction to German and Introduction to Photography. She enjoyed learning and experiencing a new culture, and can’t wait to travel again!
Vienna, Austria Summer 2018
SARA REPPENHANGE
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Melissa Maliniak is a double major in Early Childhood and Elementary Ed and English. She studied on the Med Roots program which traveled to Greece, Italy, and Spain in the summer of 2018
Med Roots Program Summer 2018
MELISSA MALINIAK
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Chris Waters is a graduating senior at SUNY Geneseo, with a double major in political science and international relations. After graduating, he will be returning to his hometown to attend Syracuse University College of Law; a legal education has been the goal of his since high school! He will absolutely miss his days at Geneseo, each semester was more and more interesting. He studied abroad in Paris, France.
Paris, France Spring 2018
CHRIS WATERS
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Danny is a senior history major at SUNY Geneseo, who spent Fall 2018
at Swansea University in Swansea, Wales.
Swansea, Wales Fall 2018
DANNY KAHL
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Ceara Gilmartin-Donohue graduated from SUNY Geneseo in May of 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. During the Spring of 2018, she studied at Griffith College in Dublin and visited her Irish relatives who live in the west of Ireland. She learned a lot about her family history and Irish culture while living in Dublin.
Dublin, Ireland Spring 2018
CEARA GILMARTIN-DONOHUE
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