Category Stories: Alumni Reflections
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This is Not a Vacation
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The moment I touched down in Sydney I was overcome with emotion. To this day I struggle to describe how exactly I felt while I was there. The closest that I can get is that I felt utterly and undeniably like I had somehow returned home. This place, this bustling metropolitan city, 10,000 miles away…
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Australia Makes Me Feel Beautiful
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The other day I rediscovered a journal entry I had written on one particularly happy day in Australia, when I had sat down and thought about how my life was different on this continent than it was back home. I questioned why I was so much happier and stress free in a strange country halfway…
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Igniting Chemistry in Cardiff: A Digital Story
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/RCekgo0VI1E Laura Litwin is a student at Drake University and studied abroad with IFSA at Cardiff University in 2013.
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A Life-Changing Experience: A Digital Story
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Making a big life change is pretty scary. But, you know what’s even scarier? Regret. This February I left behind the familiarity of my friends, family, university, and home for a five-month study abroad experience in the heart of Sydney, Australia. I took the risk of adventure. I was living in an unfamiliar city in…
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Life is Wild
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Studying abroad is a life-changing opportunity made up of all kinds of experiences. To study abroad is to venture out to the unknown, explore new cultures, people, places and experiences. The experiences one can capture while abroad will be memories that stay with you forever. As many would say, studying abroad changed my life. It…
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Bananas: A Digital Story
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/0PBvF8iOn0M Devon Geary is a student at Amherst College and studied abroad with IFSA at the University of Queensland in 2011.
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The Risk of Regret
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Making a big life change is pretty scary. But, you know what’s even scarier? Regret. This February I left behind the familiarity of my friends, family, university, and home for a five-month study abroad experience in the heart of Sydney, Australia. I took the risk of adventure. I was living in an unfamiliar city in…
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