Story Location: New Zealand
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Let’s Be Friends…Maybe
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Studying abroad is about going somewhere new, expanding your world views, and making lasting memories and lasting friendships… or at least that’s the expectation everyone walks in with. Somewhere new? Check: New Zealand. Expanding world view? Check: signed up for a Māori Society class and living with a Kiwi. Lasting memories? Just the travel time…
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How Studying Abroad Changed My Outlook on Life
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When I first arrived in New Zealand I was set on what I was studying and I had a my life figured out. I wanted to graduate college and work for one or two years paying off my undergraduate debt, retaking classes I didn’t do well enough in, and studying for the MCAT. I would…
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Zorbing Into Culture Shock
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The door opened and it all began I zoomed my body into a plastic bubble that was going to be my carrier My splash was nothing sleight of measurable I saw the edge of the world And it let me There were moments of complete certainty That nothing could ever possibly be better than this…
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Abroad in a Word
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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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If Not Now, When? Conquering the Bucket List Abroad
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I’ve been building my bucket list from the day I was born. Learn to ride my bike with no training wheels, take my first road trip. Maybe it’s because my story starts small—the same small town in Western North Carolina, the same small school from pre-school to graduation—but I’ve always itched and ached for wider…
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Freedom From My Phone – A Digital Story
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“There is a big difference in experiencing something with your phone and without it. I can promise you the latter is the better one. It is a freeing feeling – it’s just you, your friends, and the country that you are in.” https://youtu.be/vKR8uFoOtO0 Kit Allgaier is a student at Bucknell University and studied abroad with…
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Coping With Grief Abroad – A Digital Story
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“New Zealand gave me the time I needed to focus on my grief, but also I think balance to keep me healthy with it. For me, being abroad was healing. I let in some new friends to help bear the burden, I learned an instrument to comfort me in times of solitude. I opened myself…
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Two Guys, Two Months, and a Minivan
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Kilian and I were very lucky. We met on my first day at the University of Otago in Dunedin, NZ while we were both waiting in line to change our courses for the coming semester. A few weeks in to our friendship, Kilian and I decided we needed to be mobile because we were both…
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Adventures in Eating
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Going from a dorm to an apartment is interesting. At my home university, you live on campus for three years, and only a few of the dorms have kitchens, which means lots of late night iHop runs, microwave pasta, and dining hall food. So going to New Zealand, I finally got my own room (at…
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Meeting the Maori – A Digital Story
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“Meeting this iwi in such a heartwarming way brought me a step further into the New Zealand culture than I thought I would ever get the chance to experience. I could not believe how kind and inviting the Maori people were to open their homes to us and tell us about their culture.” Christine connects…
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