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Perseverantia: Fitchburg State University Podcast Network
SPECIAL EPISODE: Stories from Greece (Adventures from Study Abroad in Athens)
In this special episode, Skye Goba (COMM '26) catches up with fellow Communications Media student filmmakers Annie Hart (COMM '27) and Cassie Israelson (COMM '26) about their time together studying abroad in Greece. They share stories of navigating Athens, finding an outdoor trampoline park just when they needed one, stumbling upon a killer DJ set at a private party, and meeting a Athenian named Jimmy and his dog Lucky -- as well as revisiting inside jokes and other moments of silliness and connection that international travel brings.
Episode transcript can be found here.
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About the Trip:
Students from across Fitchburg State traveled to Athens in June 2024 as students in Dr. JJ Sylvia’s course Rhetoric in Greece and Professor Kevin McCarthy’s course, Through the Lens: Athens, a travelogue filmmaking course. Guided by an incredible itinerary curated by the Office of International Education and Prof. Sylvia, the students traveled to Athens and the island of Rhodes, took in the Acropolis and Plato's Academy, museums, restaurants, and even the home of the Oracle at Delphi. All the while receiving on-site lectures by Dr. Sylvia about the origins of rhetoric in Ancient Greece and creating documentary travelogues.
Professor Sylvia and Professor McCarthy will be leading another trip to Athens in Summer 2026, and enrollment to this and other faculty led trips is currently open.
For more information about study abroad at Fitchburg State:
Links to the travelogue films they created following the trip:
Skye's: https://tinyurl.com/4c2za4eb
Annie's: https://tinyurl.com/2kr9nyx2
Cassie's: https://tinyurl.com/yzspzdcj
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This episode was recorded in March 2025. Skye Goba produced and edited the episode. Skye is a staff producer for Perseverantia.
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