Oct. 18, Melanie Jackson, SMU Daily Campus staff writer and DIS Study Abroad Copenhagen student who is also a Hunt Scholar, for a piece encouraging SMU classmates to vote no matter the obstacles. Published in the Daily Campus under the heading If I can vote, you can too: https://tinyurl.com/2j9xdd47
I just voted in my first presidential election, 5,000 miles across the world from SMU with the help of the United States Embassy. If I can vote in this election, you can too.
Growing up, I dreamed of the moment I’d be able to vote in my first presidential election. I was excited as this truly marked a right of passage into adulthood. I never imagined this moment would have come in Denmark.
This semester I am studying abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark with DIS. DIS is a largely American program. Out of 1,600 students studying here for the 2024 fall semester, about 90-95% are American.