Posts

Showing posts from January, 2019

Welcome!

Περιπέτεια (peripéteia) is the Greek word for "adventure".  And that's just what this spring will be: an adventure. First thing's first, I'll introduce myself.  I'm Allison.  I'm currently a junior at Penn State University, and I'm majoring in German and Political Science and minoring in Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies.  When I'm not doing work for the College of Liberal Arts, you can probably find me playing my trumpet in the Penn State Blue Band. This spring, I'll be studying abroad in Athens, Greece to complete my Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies (CAMS) minor.  This experience is the manifestation of a crazy idea I had back on Wednesday, August 1, 2018, while sitting at my intern desk at the Department of Human Services in Harrisburg, PA.  I finished working on whatever my assignment was and was listening to the Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again  soundtrack (anyone who knows me will tell you I'm the world's biggest...