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Calvin in York 2019


A Life in Nursing (Brooke Elzinga)
One of our largest assignments for this semester is our "English Lives" oral history project, which required us to interview an older...
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Apr 5, 20193 min read


Tea and Stories with Ivy (Meghan Nelson)
In our “British Culture” class, we were given the assignment to meet with a Yorkshire resident and hear about their lives and how they...
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Apr 3, 20194 min read


Walking the Walls (Eliana Lander)
The most notable architectural feature of York is the medieval walls surrounding the city. Medieval stonework covers the preexisting...
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Apr 2, 20193 min read


Redefining Home (Meagan Veldman)
Well, it’s official. We are now over the hump and past the halfway point in the semester and in our time here in York. In just under two...
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Apr 2, 20193 min read


London In A Day (Samantha Lee)
London. A picturesque city, home to the Queen of England, Big Ben, and many other famous landmarks. There are so many things to do in...
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Apr 1, 20194 min read


Seven Reasons Why I love the York Art Gallery (Amanda Raterink)
When we first arrived in York, we were given the task of finding a place to call ours and to revisit this place every week. I chose the...
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Mar 31, 20193 min read


National Coal Mining Museum (Lizzie Joynton)
I grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and my parents always wanted me to know local history. The ideas of family, tradition, and...
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Mar 30, 20193 min read


Life on the Edge (Liz Memmelaar)
Forty-one days out of the 114 days in this little city of York have passed as I write this blog post. Enough days to finally start being...
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Mar 26, 20194 min read


Family Bonding (Diva Perry)
First Day It started on our trip from Grand Rapids to York. This was the first time that almost all of us had met; some of us had taken...
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Mar 26, 20194 min read
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