{"id":26235,"date":"2013-03-27T10:36:14","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T15:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=26235"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:29:23","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:29:23","slug":"madison-residents-study-in-spain-offers-window-on-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/madison-residents-study-in-spain-offers-window-on-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Madison Resident\u2019s Study in Spain Offers Window on the World"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ole Miss junior Alexandra Leigh Jones of Madison views historic Pamplona, Spain, from a bridge overlooking the city, with the Pyrenees in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 The historic city of Pamplona, Spain, is home away from home this semester for University of Mississippi junior Alexandra Leigh Jones of Madison.<\/p>\n

In early February, Jones joined some 60 other international students to study at the Universidad Publica de Navarra, in the city where the running of the bulls festival event was brought to literary renown by author Ernest Hemingway in his 1926 novel \u201cThe Sun Also Rises.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones and two other American students share an apartment one block from the festival venue and three blocks from Hemingway\u2019s favorite caf\u00e9. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe lifestyle here is incredible,\u201d she said. \u201cThe Spanish people are very friendly; no one has hesitated to assist me, and I am so grateful for that. Things are much slower; people are not worried about time. Everything closes from 2 to 4 (p.m.) for a siesta. When people go out to eat, they often sit for hours talking, and no one spends the entire meal staring at their phone the way people do at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones said she has especially enjoyed making new friends from around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the most interesting and fun things I have experienced was when 30 of the international students had a three-hour meal together,\u201d she said. \u201cOver the span of seven courses of strange new foods, we all sat there talking and learning about each other and our different cultures. My favorite part of the night was being asked to explain what \u2018y\u2019all\u2019 meant.\u201d<\/p>\n

A member of UM\u2019s Croft Institute for International Studies, Jones is a Croft Scholar and recipient of a four-year, annual Croft Scholarship of $8,000. She belongs to the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College. On her study abroad, she is earning 15 hours of academic credit toward her Ole Miss degree in international studies and Spanish.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy tuition here costs the same as it does at home, thanks to a partnership that Ole Miss has with this school. And I was very blessed to have received a great deal of financial support from the Honors College. With this support, I have been able to cover the majority of the cost of my trip.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones first studied in another country in summer 2011, when she visited Ecuador. While she says navigating through a foreign country in a different language is not an easy task, she highly recommends the experience to other students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that students are often so enamored with the lifestyle at Ole Miss that we forget there is anything else out there. Meeting different people from different backgrounds and adjusting to a whole new way of life gives you a greater appreciation for your own life and the lives of others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kees Gispen, Croft director, agrees.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlex is one of our top students, but the semester abroad is transformative. So I have no doubt that she will return home a different, more confident and more mature person \u2013 even better than she already is now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

During Easter break, Jones plans to travel around Europe with some of her new friends. She will return to the Oxford campus this fall to begin her senior year, with graduation slated for May 2014.<\/p>\n

Jones said she decided to attend Ole Miss because of \u201cthe incredible opportunities that were available to me here which no other university could offer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m confident that the university has provided me with a solid academic background and strong social network that will be great advantages in the years to come,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Listed on the Chancellor\u2019s Honor Roll, she belongs to Phi Kappa Phi, the university\u2019s highest academic honor across all disciplines.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit the Croft Institute<\/a>, Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College<\/a> or UM Study Abroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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