Story Location: Australia
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The Day I Died: A Journey Back to Reality
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I rolled out of bed with my eyes glued shut, creeped lazily down the stairs, and poured myself a cup of coffee. After stuffing a heaping bowl of Rice Krispies down my throat, I climbed into the basement, and went back to paradise.聽In the cozy basement of my home, I raced around a crowded and…
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Feelin’ the Aussie Love
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Night is always my reflection and thinking time. And as I sit at Darling Harbor surrounded by my IFSA crew 聽and beautiful scenery I think back on the month that flew by. And though this is unfair to say to my home, I have fallen madly in love with this country. Or at least Sydney.…
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Interning in Australia – A Digital Story
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鈥淕oing abroad didn鈥檛 keep me from excelling. It gave me adventure and opportunities all in one. Don鈥檛 let your fears hold you back, because if you do you will be missing out on the most amazing opportunity of all: really living.鈥 https://www.youtube.com/embed/zishdt5IaZw?feature=oembed Julie H. | Columbia University | University of Sydney Partnership聽in Australia | 2014
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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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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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Internationally Inclined
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When students return from overseas, it鈥檚 quite common to hear them use the phrase, 鈥渟tudy abroad changed my life.鈥 While I loved the five months I spent in the heart of Sydney, Australia, I would be more likely to say that study abroad shaped my life. Studying overseas not only provided me with international friendships and personal…
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