Isaac Chizhik, junior Oxbridge: Molecular Biology major, has been studying at Oxford’s St. Catherine’s College. A California native, Isaac has now returned to his home. Isaac shared his experience of identifying and reacting to the pandemic and his return home. “Needless to say, the current epidemic has confounded what would…
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My COVID story: Weathering the pandemic at Oxford University
Christina Kirk, junior international relations and Oxbridge: Institutions and Policy major, has been studying at Oxford’s Mansfield College. Because Kirk lives in New York – a COVID-19 epicenter – she is the only Oxbridge student who has stayed in residence in Oxford. “Over the 5-week break, I had planned to…
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My COVID story: Traveling back to the States and maintaining perspective
Madison Carroll, junior international relations and Oxbridge: Institutions and Policy major, has been studying at Oxford’s Lady Margaret Hall. Carroll is from Springfield, Mo. In addition to her studies, Carroll has been working on planning her August wedding in the midst of the pandemic. “I was meant to go to…
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My COVID story: Coming home and looking forward
Savannah Hawley, junior French and Oxbridge: Literature and Theory major, has been studying at Oxford’s Regent’s Park College. A native of Independence, Mo., Hawley studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, in the fall semester. “Up until the week I left for home (March 8-15), I was planning to travel…
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Sophomore Oxbridge students prepare to study abroad
Every year, Oxbridge Honors Program junior students at William Jewell College leave the Hill to study abroad. For most of them, this means a year studying at the University of Oxford in England. Next year, 17 Oxbridge students will be studying at Oxford and one will be studying in Washington…
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Jewell Athletes at Oxford
Each year, several William Jewell College students travel to Oxford as part of the Oxbridge Honors Program. They attend various colleges within the university to learn, explore and get involved. In addition to academics, many Oxbridgers play a sport at the university. This year, Emily Dema, junior Oxbridge Molecular Biology…
Read MoreMissouri Prosecutor Under Fire
Eric Zahnd, a 1991 Oxbridge Institutions and Policy graduate of William Jewell College, became the Platte County Prosecuting Attorney in 2002. He was named one of the “40 Under 40” by Ingram’s Magazine in 2004 and was recognized as Missouri’s Prosecutor of the Year in 2014. In 2017, he was…
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To be honest…with Mikayla Roller
To be honest…I’m embracing the hand to hold. “How is it being back?” I’ve gotten this question almost every day since I’ve returned to William Jewell College after nine months of studying abroad at Oxford. The readjustment process is often difficult for Oxbridge students, going from an independent, driven learning environment…
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Oxbridgers return to Jewell
William Jewell College has been offering the distinctive Oxbridge program for more than 25 years. This program allows students the opportunity to study abroad at Oxford University in England during their junior year. The Oxbridge majors include literature and theory, history, history of ideas, institutions and policy, molecular biology and music.…
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