{"id":2,"date":"2019-11-14T16:48:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T16:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2019-11-14T12:09:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T17:09:43","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Follow this summer &amp; fall 2019\u2019s Office of Study Abroad &amp; International Experiences Global Correspondent, Xiomara Matathias, on her international studies experiences in Bordeaux &amp; Pau, France!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Xiomara is a UMass Lowell double major in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/FAHSS\/Languages-Cultures\/default.aspx\">World Languages &amp; Cultures<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/FAHSS\/Peace-and-Conflict-Studies\/default.aspx\">Peace &amp; Conflict Studies<\/a>, studying in the summer of 2019 in Bordeaux, France at the University of Bordeaux Montaigne through UMass Lowell&#8217;s Exchange Program and this fall at the University of Pau through UMass Lowell Partner-led program USAC in Pau, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.students-in-city-center-Bordeaux.3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Xiomara Matathias poses with other students in the city center in Bordeaux\" class=\"wp-image-4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.students-in-city-center-Bordeaux.3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.students-in-city-center-Bordeaux.3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.students-in-city-center-Bordeaux.3.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Xiomara Matathias taking a picture of historic homes in France.\" class=\"wp-image-11\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.4-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Xiomara Matathias and another student pose for a picture at the beach.\" class=\"wp-image-8\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also read blogs from current and previous trips to Spain listed below or from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/\">other destinations across the globe UMass Lowell students travel to<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Current &amp; Previous Study Abroad Trips to France Blogs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Fall 2018:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/grenoble-fall-2018\/\"><strong>Grenoble, France: Global Correspondent<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Summer 2018:<ul><li><strong>Paris, France:\u00a0<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/paris-france-summer2018\/\"><strong>Global Correspondent<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/paris-summer2018\/\"><strong>Modernism in France &amp; French Cinema &amp; Society<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Spring 2017:<ul><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lyon, France: Global Correspondent<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Summer 2016:<ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/paris-2016\/\">Paris, France: Modernism in French Art &amp; French Cinema and Society<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Summer 2015:<ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/paris-2015\/\">Paris, France: Comparative Arts and French Cinema<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Summer 2014:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/paris-2014\/\">Paris, France: Comparative Arts &amp; Special Topic in Francophone Studies<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.5-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.5-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.5-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Xiomara Matathias and another student on bikes at the beach.\" class=\"wp-image-6\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/11\/Xiomara-Matathias.1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow this summer &amp; fall 2019\u2019s Office of Study Abroad &amp; International Experiences Global Correspondent, Xiomara Matathias, on her international studies experiences in Bordeaux &amp; Pau, France! Xiomara is a UMass Lowell double major in World Languages &amp; Cultures &amp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/about\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/bordeaux-pau-france-gc-2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}