ORONO, Maine, Oct. 23 -- University of Maine issued the following news release:
Anna Hussey had never been on an airplane. She had never traveled outside New England. And she had never imagined spending three months living in another country.
Then, in January, the University of Maine student boarded a flight in Boston bound for Barcelona, Spain.
She was nervous. But mostly, she couldn't wait.
"I've never been more excitedly anxious in my life," Hussey recalled. "The adrenaline and the excitement was unreal."
For Hussey, a senior from Winthrop, Maine, majoring in marketing and management, the trip was more than an opportunity to see the world. It changed how she sees herself and what she believes she can accomplish.
"Studying abroad mo...