Category Stories: Alumni Reflections
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Integration: Trying Everything on my Plate
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When I think about my time in Chile, I think about the people I met, the places I visited, and of course the food I ate. Many students talk about a place鈥檚 cuisine when they travel and share their experience abroad, but I鈥檇 like to think I鈥檝e got a different perspective. As a self-proclaimed picky…
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An Open Thank You Letter to Australia
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Dear Australia,I want to sincerely thank you for the past four and a half months. You have changed me.I wasn鈥檛 quite sure what I was signing up for when I agreed to study half way across the world. Hearing everyone else鈥檚 stories, those who braved the experience before me, made study abroad sound like an…
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How I Came to Hear Myself – A Digital Story
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Amid the busy streets of Buenos Aires, Ashley learned to find balance and take care of herself. https://www.youtube.com/embed/U-wkkxHy0nM?feature=oembed Ashley J. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |聽IFSA Summer in Buenos Aires in Argentina
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Into the Unknown
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鈥淲ander with purpose. Seek a destination outside your comfort zone. Seek to get lost, and then to belong. Wander and you will see it. Go see it all.鈥 Some powerful words of wisdom from a student who really made the most of her semester abroad. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2wLFvhCtQn8?feature=oembed
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Dancing My Way Through Chile
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Dance transcends the language barrier. For Kirsten, studying abroad didn鈥檛 mean leaving behind her passion for dance, but rather using it as a way to more fully immerse herself in Chilean culture. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QlrUqTrWgrU?feature=oembed
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Adventures Abroad
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Going abroad is all about taking risks and leaving your comfort zone. My favorite part of being abroad was going on adventures and exploring new places. Being in Sydney, there were a ton of places to see in the city which was great. But one weekend, a friend and I decided we wanted to get…
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Heron Island: A Digital Story
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/PWohdx21m2U?feature=oembed Lori W. | Vanderbilt University | University of Queensland聽Partnership in Australia | 2012
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Australia: A Digital Story
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/15w5U1Mo1_0?feature=oembed Jessica N. | Villanova University |聽Flinders University聽| 2012
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709 to Surfers Paradise
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I walk downstairs at eight in the morning, barefoot and yawning. The village is lacking any human activity, but the air was filled with sounds of screeching cockatoos, lorikeets, and a lone, laughing kookaburra. I awkwardly long board through campus car parks, my surfboard strapped over my shoulder, which blows me astray. I鈥檓 trying to…
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Outdoor Education: A Digital Story
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/xXaiheBAaZ4?feature=oembed Hannah S. | Middlebury College | University of Sydney Partnership聽in Australia | 2013
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