Story Location: New Zealand
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Handling Illness While Abroad
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No matter how carefully students approach study abroad, illness and injury are often an unavoidable part of the experience. Visiting a doctor’s office in a foreign country can be both intimidating and stressful, however taking care of your physical health while abroad is extremely important, and experiencing a new healthcare system, while never ideal, can…
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From Aloha to Kia Ora
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Long before I set foot in New Zealand, while I was still waiting to hear back from IFSA and conducting preliminary research on the place where I would soon spend five months studying and exploring, I assumed that New Zealand would be very similar to my home in Hawaii. Afterall, how different could this Pacific…
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A Routine Abroad: The Lessons I Learned from a Busy Schedule in New Zealand
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When you begin to think about going abroad, anybody who has spent time studying in another country will tell you that it was the best semester/year of their college career. They tell you about the people they met, the classes they took and the things they saw. Just by talking to them, you can tell…
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How I Found Passion in New Zealand
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I have known I wanted to work with the environment in some capacity since I was a young girl taking trips to the Bronx Zoo as often as possible. I followed Southern Boulevard right to Fordham University where I have spent the last 4 years of my life, and where I will receive my degree…
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What is Adventure? A Digital Story
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Nate and his friends embarked on a semester-long quest to find as much New Zealand adventure as they could, with the help of Helen, their trusty rented Honda Fit. https://www.youtube.com/embed/faj6SCOTVSc When you aren’t constantly working, you can do the things you love, which makes you happy, and being happy makes working easier.Nate K. | Engineering…
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Feeling on Top of The World, All on Your Own
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Understanding the experience of being a first generation student is difficult; sometimes it seems like all students share the same issues and emotions, and other times it feels like nobody struggles the same way “first-gens” do. Yet, being a first generation student is truly a unique experience. These students are often highly motivated on their…
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Science and Engineering Abroad
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Every weekday morning, the University of Auckland campus inflates with over 30,000 students. Eight hours later, the campus shrinks when nearly all of the students commute back to their home outside of Auckland city. The University of Auckland is New Zealand’s highest ranking university, and it’s renowned for its research and success in STEM. Yet, coming from a university…
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A Guide to Friends, Travel, and Going Back Home
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Studying abroad is a once in a lifetime opportunity for a first generation student. The process starts when you decide you want to study abroad and there are a whole heap of new experiences that come with your decision to study in another country. You’ll be around a bunch of new people, you’ll want to…
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Reflections on "Doing it First"
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Understanding the experience of being a first-generation student is difficult; sometimes it seems like all students share the same issues and emotions, and other times it feels like nobody struggles the same way “first-gens” do. Yet, being a first-generation student is truly a unique experience. These students are often highly motivated on their own, and…
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How to Navigate Science and Engineering Abroad
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Every weekday morning, the University of Auckland campus inflates with over 30,000 students. 8 hours later, the campus shrinks as nearly all of the students commute back to their home outside of Auckland city. The University of Auckland is New Zealand’s highest ranking university, and it’s renowned for its research and success in STEM. Yet,…
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