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Sam Florio, 2012 New Zealand & Sydney Sustainability student blogger, writes: I have to say, the near 30 hours of traveling weren’t terrible…I didn’t think it possible to entertain myself for 13 hours on a plane, but the outcome was here in the most BEAUTIFUL place on Earth, so I really can’t complain. So far I have visited Auckland, Dunedin,…
Continue readingGeorge Hayward, 2012 North Queensland Sustainability student blogger, writes: May 18 One hour and thirteen minutes until my first of three flights. I can’t believe I’m already in transit! It feels like only yesterday I found out about study abroad and thought “Australia?! That’d be cool!” Now I’m sitting in the airport with a backpack and a camera thinking “Wow,…
Continue readingKerri Malone, 2012 New Zealand Adventure Tourism student blogger, writes: Capping the day off with a night walk on a silent, completely lightless path near our lodging in Te Anau completed my first full week of experiences, sites and people in New Zealand. As the stars dotting the sky of the Southern Hemisphere transfixed my gaze while I lay in…
Continue readingLily Hislop, 2012 New Zealand Adventure Tourism student blogger, writes: So I’m writing this post in the rain, at six o’clock in the morning, in the middle of Dunedin, New Zealand‘s town square. This blog post probably could have waited for a more suitable time and place, but I really wanted to get my thoughts down as soon as I…
Continue readingSam Florio, 2012 New Zealand & Sydney Sustainability student blogger, writes: What is the most difficult part about going on a trip across the world? Packing everything into only one suitcase. I wish I were kidding. But I know that isn’t going to be the only challenge surrounding a trip to New Zealand and Sydney, Australia. There is so much…
Continue readingGeorge Hayward, 2012 North Queensland Sustainability student blogger, writes: Greetings! My name is George Hayward, and I just finished my junior year at Penn State. Despite the plethora of good times in Happy Valley, I’m glad to be done for the year, primarily because of a highly anticipated study abroad trip this summer. Today I’m headed to North Queensland for…
Continue readingKerri Malone, 2012 New Zealand Adventure Tourism student blogger, writes: Hello, my name is Kerri Malone, and I a student studying Urban Planning at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I am very interested in arts programming and have a natural fascination with culture. Usually the term “culture” can be an ambiguous concept. How do we define it or even begin…
Continue readingLily Hislop, 2012 New Zealand Adventure Tourism student blogger, writes: Prepare yourself, one and all, Gals and Galahads alike, for I, Lily Hislop, will soon be traveling abroad! I feel like “abroad” should be caps-locked and yelled from mountaintops with much distinctive echoing. Yes, that is right, I will soon get on a plane, another plane and then another plane…
Continue readingHannah Cohan, 2012 North Queensland Sustainability student blogger, writes: Hello blogosphere! Well, it’s early May, and the Australia program starts in mid-June. I should probably do some preparation or something. I still have the pre-departure essays to do, as well as lining up what I need to pack and taking my SCUBA refresher. The number one thing I’m looking forward…
Continue readingWe’re pleased to announce our summer 2012 program bloggers will be: North Queensland, Australia (Sustainability): Hannah Cohan & George Hayward New Zealand (Adventure Tourism): Lily Hislop & Kerri Malone New Zealand & Sydney (Sustainability): Samantha Florio Now in its second year, our student blogger program provides the student perspective on study abroad experiences, adventures and growth. Our bloggers will be…
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