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How Study Abroad Taught Me Time Management
A year ago I embarked on the journey of a lifetime to Sydney, Australia. A place I had never been, with people I had never met, at an unbelievably large university. I didn’t exactly know what to expect from the city, my new roommates, or my new school. This was the epitome of being out…
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Indigeneity: New Ways of Thinking
While spending a semester in Melbourne, Australia, Aaron Smithson was prompted to think critically about the state’s colonial past and his own complicity in the oppression of Indigenous communities by living on native land and using native resources. Aaron Smithson is an Urban Studies, History & Theory of Architecture, and History Major at Columbia University and studied abroad…
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Health, Safety, and Wellbeing
Looking Out For You at Every Step Health and safety come first, with a 360-degree approach that begins with our first conversation with you, and continues after you’re home. From a deep dive into local information at your on-site orientation to 24/7 emergency assistance, our experienced staff around the world are dedicated to your wellbeing.…
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Experiential Learning
Compliment your academic journey Every IFSA program includes possibilities for engaging experiences that take learning further. Learning by doing is powerful. Paired with structured reflection, hands-on experience brings classroom lessons and theory to life. It illuminates connections in lasting ways — and provides a valuable stepping stone toward your goals and aspirations. Built into every…
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Understanding Reverse Culture Shock: When Home Feels Foreign
Having to look the opposite way before crossing the street. Referring to ketchup as “tomato sauce” and to fries as “chips.” Realizing that “going to the chemist” does not, in fact, mean that you’re paying a visit to a scientist’s lab. Instead, it’s the same as going to a drugstore in the US. All of these cultural…
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Take a Solo Trip, I Dare You
Being in a new country brings along new food, friends and adventures. While it is exciting, it can be scary too, and it’s easy to try to slip back into your comfort zone. This is exactly what I found myself doing, and I realized that something needed to be done about it. So, I decided…
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Studying While Abroad – A Digital Story
I never would have expected that some of my greatest memories while in Australia would’ve come from the study part of study abroad. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kuCj4HZChDA?feature=oembed Lexi Kassler is a Creative Writing student at the University of Redlands and studied abroad with IFSA-Butler at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, in 2015.
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A Different Kind of Connection – A Digital Story
Sometimes memories exist only in your mind. But these memories can be equally remembered and cherished there. After losing her cell phone on the train in Australia, Emily discovered a new, more spontaneous way to connect to the world around her. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QaoDJlEChII?feature=oembed Emily Eilertsen is a Psychology student at Skidmore College and studied abroad with IFSA-Butler…
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Abroad in a Word
I asked my friends who made the bold and brave choice of studying abroad—in Paris, Budapest, London, Cape Town, Buenos Aires—how they would, in one word, describe their time abroad. This was a challenging task: condensing an eclectic experience, one that many of us are still processing, into one succinct word. The words were, as I…
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Sydney on a Budget
I’ve been known as Queen of the Deal, The Steal Queen and as the person among my friends and roommates that you go to when you want to find the best deal for your purchase. My friend Sammy has challenged herself to attempt to find better deals than me when she finds something good, but sadly she has not found…
