{"id":548,"date":"2014-04-25T08:16:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T12:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/?page_id=548"},"modified":"2014-04-29T21:26:49","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T01:26:49","slug":"megan-niemiecs-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/study-abroad\/megan-niemiecs-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan&#8217;s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Megan Niemiec<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Where:\u00a0<\/strong>Bilbao, Spain<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>When:\u00a0<\/strong>Summer 2012<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/02\/Megan-SA-1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/02\/Megan-SA-1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Megan SA 1\" width=\"206\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/02\/Megan-SA-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/02\/Megan-SA-1-100x74.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/02\/Megan-SA-1-152x113.jpg 152w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/02\/Megan-SA-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/04\/Megan-SA-3-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Megan SA 3\" width=\"208\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/04\/Megan-SA-3-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/04\/Megan-SA-3-100x74.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/04\/Megan-SA-3-152x113.jpg 152w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/04\/Megan-SA-3.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/02\/Megan-SA-2-e1398428339948-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"Megan SA 2\" width=\"180\" height=\"153\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/02\/Megan-SA-4-e1398428236829-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"Megan SA 4\" width=\"188\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/02\/Megan-SA-4-e1398428236829-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/02\/Megan-SA-4-e1398428236829-100x81.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/02\/Megan-SA-4-e1398428236829-152x123.jpg 152w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/02\/Megan-SA-4-e1398428236829.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h5>I\u00a0decided to study abroad when I began my courses at Ramapo College. My first professor was Professor Paula Straile-Costa. Seeing the passion she had for the language and culture added to my interest which I had had since I was younger.I chose\u00a0to study abroad when I did because I felt confident with my Spanish, and I was really excited to see what I could accomplish while in Spain.<\/h5>\n<h5>At first, I was a little frightened about entering a new country that solely spoke the Spanish language,.\u00a0I was quiet and not really sociable. I was somewhat reserved and did not really feel comfortable speaking or traveling on my own. \u00a0Upon Arrival, however,\u00a0I realized that I could understand everyone a lot more than I had expected.<\/h5>\n<h5>After Spain, I joined the Global Roadrunners in the Roukema Center for Study Abroad, and I absolutely loved every part of it. I really became outgoing and very talkative [as a result of studying abroad], and I could not wait to tell everyone about my experience.\u00a0If I could do it all again, I would have stayed longer and traveled [around] Europe more!\u00a0Stay as long as you can, and never feel that you cannot do it it, because you would be surprised at what you can do!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/study-abroad\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/04\/Button-3.jpg\" alt=\"Button 3\" width=\"203\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/04\/Button-3.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/04\/Button-3-100x15.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/major-spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2014\/04\/Button-3-152x23.jpg 152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name:\u00a0Megan Niemiec Where:\u00a0Bilbao, Spain When:\u00a0Summer 2012 I\u00a0decided to study abroad when I began my courses at Ramapo College. 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