Story Location: New Zealand
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How to Avoid Dairy (and Other Allergens) While Abroad
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As someone who can’t eat dairy, I worried about how this would affect my study abroad experience. I did not know how much control I would have over what I was eating. However, I found that during my my dietary restriction did not hold me back and I want to share some of the ways…
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Remembering the "Studying" Part of Studying Abroad
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Settling in When I first got off the plane in New Zealand I became overwhelmed with many different emotions – first of all I was tired and a bit disoriented from the 12 hour flight, I was incredibly excited to meet other students studying abroad and I was even a bit nervous to be in…
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How New Zealand Changed My Future Career
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STEM and study abroad: are they mutually exclusive? Ever since my first semester at Tulane, I can remember hearing about study abroad events. As an undeclared biomedical engineering major, I ignored the study abroad fliers passed around in my core classes, the invitations to attend seminars about studying abroad, and the presentations by liberal arts…
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You Are Stronger Than You Think: 5 Ways I Dealt with Grief While Abroad
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My biggest fear before heading to New Zealand was not being able to come home in case of an emergency because I would be about 8,000 miles away. Before going abroad, I had only ever lived about an hour away from my hometown. It was a far-fetched problem that remained in the back of my…
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Understanding Your Power: 7 Ways to Make Your Semester Overseas Less About You
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It’s cliché, but that doesn’t make it any less true: travel opens your eyes to new experiences, new-to-you cultures, new ideas, and new ways of living and looking at the world. But having the ability to both choose and afford to live overseas for a period of time is a privilege, one that many people…
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Bipolar Abroad
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College life presents many challenges, but for those students dealing with mental illness, it can seem like an insurmountable task at times. I speak from experience, as I cope daily with bipolar II, which is a manic-depressive mood disorder. Managing bipolar disorder while studying abroad can seem even more insurmountable, but with the right preparation…
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How My Semester in New Zealand Renewed My Passion for Environmentalism
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As a child, I loved spending time outdoors, this was where I was and still am happiest. Growing up in Hawai’i, I was constantly surrounded by nature; it was impossible for me to not fall in love with it. I would spend every weekend hiking up mountain peaks, finding remote beaches, or sailing on the ocean.…
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Musical Theatre Around the World – A Digital Story
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“As I sang and danced with my new friends, I realized how global musical theater is.“Molly Bogin’s experience of musical theater in New Zealand made her appreciate the international language that is music. https://youtu.be/wA8b6LVgvfI Molly B. | Neuroscience student | Wesleyan University | University of Otago Partnership | Fall 2016
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Community & Culture in New Zealand – A Digital Story
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“I had stopped feeling like a student merely asking questions but more like I was simply spending time with a friend.”University of Auckland, New Zealand Fall 2017 student Anastasia Kuske highlights IFSA’s unique Community and Culture (C&C) course while abroad. https://youtu.be/kTgr8_nP39s Anastasia K. | Astrophysics student | Franklin & Marshall College | University of Auckland Partnership…
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Kaitiakitanga: Volunteering in New Zealand – A Digital Story
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“For me, the most enticing part of the culture was the collective responsibility every citizen feels towards wildlife conservation”While studying abroad in New Zealand, University of Otago Fall 2017 student Hannah Wedig shares her volunteer experiences while apart of Otago’s Animal, Plant and Ecology Society (APES). https://youtu.be/roM_rAtmULQ Hannah W. | Biology student | Kenyon College| University…
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