Story Location: Australia
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How Interning Abroad Gave Me Clarity on My Career Path
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My biggest qualm about studying abroad was leaving in the middle of the summer, cutting short any potential resume-building activities. The school year in Australia starts in early August, meaning I had to leave home in July. As I predicted, I wasn’t able to get any meaningful work during my truncated summer. However, the University…
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Thriving Abroad Despite Adversity at Home
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I’m used to moving around. I grew up in London and then left for college in California when I was 18, at which point my parents moved to the east coast of the US. It was a difficult transition and the situation at home (wherever that was) wasn’t always easy, but I adapted and grew…
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Finding a Home Away From My Greek House: Studying Abroad as a Student Involved in Greek Life
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As a freshman, I went through formal recruitment at the University of Mississippi and I have been very involved in my sorority since. I held positions on recruitment team and was involved in multiple committees. Other members in my sorority were very helpful and encouraging when I decided to study abroad, but it was also…
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How STEM Teaching is Unique in a Research University
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Being a Computer Science major, I believe that STEM matters a lot in developing the world. By educating students in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, STEM has been proven to succeed in helping students improve their creativity, critical analysis, and problem-solving skills, by turn, creating innovators and critical analysts among students. My…
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A Lesson Learned: Indigenous Studies Abroad
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How Embarrassing Myself in Front of my Class Changed my Life From a young age, I learned about Native Americans in school: where they lived, how they lived and what they looked like, but I never truly learned their complete history. In high school is when I began learning who Christopher Columbus really was and…
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How to Explore yourself by Going Camping in Australia
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I went camping during my study abroad program at University of Sydney in Australia. This camping trip was to the Basin campground in Ku-Ring-Gai National Park arranged by the Myanmar Cultural Society from the university. It was during the mid-semester break, and the camping trip was both affordable and enjoyable. Plus, it was not very far from the city…
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Learning How to Swim in Troubled Waters
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Life is truly unpredictable. You never know what’s going to happen, when it’ll happen, or where you’ll end up. In some cases, this means being granted some of the best blessings in life; exploring countries you never thought you’d ever see. In other cases, this means dealing with hardships that derail you from everything you…
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Exploring Racial and Ethnic Identity as an International Student Studying Abroad
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Studying abroad can be a very exciting, yet daunting experience. I’ve always had wanderlust and thus knew I had to study abroad. As a British international student pursuing an undergraduate degree for the last three years in the United States, I knew that was not enough for me. I wanted to experience somewhere new, somewhere…
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Being One of the Few Men in K-pop Culture
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It was four years ago when I started listening to K-pop music. I have actually been in touch with K-pop since I was around 8 or 9 because my sister always opened K-pop songs at home. Before getting into K-pop, I had a lot of stereotypes about it. However, as a dancer myself, I had a chance to…
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Gender Identities and How to Appreciate Them While Abroad
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I used to get judged by people for the way I styled my hair, the way I dressed and the way I behaved. Many people think that I am trying to change my gender identity to a female. My family members as well as my friends think that I am going against the cultural and…
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