Story Location: New Zealand
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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://www.youtube.com/embed/vKR8uFoOtO0?feature=oembed Kit A. | Bucknell University | Victoria University of Wellington Partnership in New…
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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 going…
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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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Magnitude
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It was the middle of May 2014—three months after being accepted to study in Christchurch, NZ and two months before I was set to embark on my journey down south—when I realized a devastating fact about the city I was set for. In February of 2011, Christchurch, NZ was shaken by a 6.3 magnitude Earthquake…
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Break the Mold
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I’m a lazy introvert. My idea of a good time used to be sitting in my room watching TV. Don’t get me wrong, there are many good things about it, but it felt kind of empty. This habit persisted through my college years, and even into the beginning of my abroad experience. I traveled most…
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Things Didn’t Go as Planned
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My experience studying abroad in Auckland New Zealand was completely different than what I expected. I went in to the experience very timid and feeling unsure about my decision. Study abroad is very popular at my university, but most people go to a few cities in Europe with a large group of fellow students. I…
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New Zealand: A Digital Story
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/FH0lf5my0u0?feature=oembed Andrew J. | Vassar College | University of Otago Partnership in New Zealand | 2014
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