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709 to Surfers Paradise
I walk downstairs at eight in the morning, barefoot and yawning. The village is lacking any human activity, but the air was filled with sounds of screeching cockatoos, lorikeets, and a lone, laughing kookaburra. I awkwardly long board through campus car parks, my surfboard strapped over my shoulder, which blows me astray. I’m trying to…
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Lesson Learned
In the weeks and months leading up to my departure for New Zealand, where I spent the Fall 2013 semester, I rarely considered any of the traveling I would do while I was abroad. I figured I’d leave the country hopping and non-stop touring to my friends in Europe who could knock out the Lennon…
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Outdoor Education: A Digital Story
https://www.youtube.com/embed/xXaiheBAaZ4?feature=oembed Hannah S. | Middlebury College | University of Sydney Partnership in Australia | 2013
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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
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
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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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
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
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
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…
