THE FUSE

I recently spent the 2026 Spring Semester with 60 students from our Washington, D.C., campus who participated in a semester abroad at the CatholicU Rome Center in Italy. Situated in Trastevere—a stunning Roman suburb that overlooks “The Eternal City”—I lived with 19- to 20-year-old sophomores and juniors and taught two of my favorite courses, “Clinical Psychology” and the “Psychology of Living.” Any semester abroad in Rome promises incredible experiences; the opportunity to share this adventure with our students was extraordinary. We ate together, went on excursions, worshipped together, and had many long talks after dinner that would never have happened back home. The Psychology of Living course was especially well-suited to enhance the semester abroad experience in countless ways.