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  • Internationally Inclined

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    Internationally Inclined

    When students return from overseas, it’s quite common to hear them use the phrase, “study abroad changed my life.” While I loved the five months I spent in the heart of Sydney, Australia, I would be more likely to say that study abroad shaped my life. Studying overseas not only provided me with international friendships and personal…

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  • Katie’s Story: A Digital Story

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    Katie’s Story: A Digital Story

    https://www.youtube.com/embed/p1bN67BfldY?feature=oembed Katharine C. | Duke University | James Cook University Partnership, Cairns in Australia | 2012

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  • This is Not a Vacation

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    This is Not a Vacation

    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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    Australia Makes Me Feel Beautiful

    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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    Igniting Chemistry in Cardiff: A Digital Story

    https://www.youtube.com/embed/RCekgo0VI1E Laura L. | Drake University | Cardiff University Partnership in Wales | 2013

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  • A Life-Changing Experience: A Digital Story

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    A Life-Changing Experience: A Digital Story

    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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    Life is Wild

    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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    Bananas: A Digital Story

    https://www.youtube.com/embed/0PBvF8iOn0M Devon G. | Amherst College | University of Queensland Partnership in Australia | 2011

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  • The Risk of Regret

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    The Risk of Regret

    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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