May 2021 was a whirlwind for Emma Mulhern. On May 15, the Carlson School of Management senior got off a plane from Toledo, Spain, after studying there for five months. Two days later, she graduated. “I’m readjusting to everything again,” she says.
Mulhern, who double majored in international business and supply chain and operations management, was one of the first 28 students from the University of Minnesota to study abroad since the spring of 2020, when the U’s Learning Abroad Center suspended all programs.
The U of M was one of a handful of U.S. colleges and universities to resume study abroad programs this spring, sending students to Spain, France, and Denmark. Learning Abroad Center officials say plans for summer and fall will depend on countries’ COVID status and travel restrictions.
