Story Location: Australia
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5 Advantages of Studying Abroad as a Woman of Color
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Before I went to Australia, I assumed that being a woman of color in a predominantly white country would be difficult and that my identity might negatively impact my study abroad experience. However, something I never thought about was how my identity would positively impact my time abroad in terms of the conversations I would…
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Everywhere is a Classroom: Learning Through Internships Abroad
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Before I moved to Melbourne, I thought of my semester abroad like a hands-on research experience. As an Urban Studies major, I had spent years studying and discussing all aspects of urban life 鈥 city governance, urban planning, social inequity, affordability, transportation, design, and so on. Over and over again, critical discourse on how to…
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Coding Languages Are Standard, STEM Classes Are Not
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Preparing to Take STEM Classes Abroad I always knew I was interested in studying abroad after seeing my the wonderful experiences my sister and cousins had in various places around the world. When the anticipation of declaring a major began to loom during my sophomore year, I realized I had to start seriously considering how…
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How to Convey that Sorority Life Isn鈥檛 Always Like the Movies While Abroad
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My Big Fat Greek Study Abroad Experience I decided to study abroad in the fall of my junior year 鈥 leaving my comfortable home at Rhodes College was difficult yet exciting. I have a great support system at Rhodes, which includes my lacrosse team, friends and sorority sisters. I was hopeful to make new friends…
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How to Maintain Your Fitness as a Student Athlete Abroad
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With rigorous practice, training, competition and team schedules, it might seem hard to find any room for academics and a social life, let alone studying abroad in another country. But believe it or not, there are ways to spend a semester abroad without impacting the opportunity you have been given to participate in a sport.…
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My Immersion Story: Finding Community Abroad
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鈥淣ot only did finding a community help my mental health, it showed me a way of life I鈥檓 happiest living 鈥 I fell in love with my friends, I fell in love with the city and I fell in love with my time abroad [in Melbourne].鈥 https://youtu.be/q7SV9LS2dxI Paige S. | Biology, Anthropology & Public Policy…
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Indigeneity: New Ways of Thinking
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While spending a semester in Melbourne, Australia, Aaron Smithson was prompted to think critically about the state鈥檚 colonial past and his own complicity in the oppression of Indigenous communities by living on native land and using native resources. https://youtu.be/VPC4BcLqdyM Aaron S. | Urban Studies, History & Theory of Architecture, and History Major聽| Columbia聽University | University of…
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How Study Abroad Taught Me Time Management
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A year ago I embarked on the journey of a lifetime to Sydney, Australia. A place I had never been, with people I had never met, at an unbelievably large university. I didn鈥檛 exactly know what to expect from the city, my new roommates, or my new school. This was the epitome of being out…
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How Study Abroad Sparked My Professional Goals
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Planting The Seed At My Home University When I was in my junior year, studying computer science and public health, I didn鈥檛 have a clear idea of where I wanted to direct my interests. The public health class I was taking at college was centered around epidemiology and public health crises in America, focusing on…
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How to Study Abroad as a STEM Major
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Studying abroad was something I always wanted to do, and I knew Australia was the place for me. I have always been in love with Marine Biology, and that is what I decided to major in. The next step in my path to becoming a Marine Biologist was to study abroad in a place that…
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