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Suitcase: Organize your travel plans with TripIt

March 9, 2011

If you are getting ready to head overseas on an AUIP program, you may find the TripIt planning tool a handy way to organize all of your travel plans. Although AUIP will provide an itinerary for the duration of the program, TripIt will help you create a customized itinerary that could include your flight details, as well as any travel…

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News Brief: AUIP releases new program videos

March 4, 2011

AUIP has just released this year’s program videos. The majority of the footage for these programs was taken from summer 2010 programs, so follow this link and see if you can spot yourself in action. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQwngJCZyO8] Marty Coyle, a colleague and close friend of the AUIP team provided the voiceovers for the videos. Can anyone guess where this cheeky chappy…

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News Brief: Campaigning for Indigenous rights in Australia

February 17, 2011

Have your travels around the South Pacific spurred your interest in indigenous rights? If so, you will be interested to learn of the ANTaR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliations) initiative and website. ANTaR is dedicated to the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This year ANTaR are launching a campaign to strengthen Aboriginal communities and decrease rates…

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Product Line: Solar charger earns highest regard (win one this week!)

February 2, 2011

5, 584. That’s how many miles Eleanor drove in under three months last fall making campus visits. And that was only in her car. If you calculate all the rental car miles, Eleanor probably clocked 8,000 miles. Curious what is one of Eleanor’s biggest dilemmas for road travel? Read her account: “Sure, the long drives are tiring. Sure, they can…

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News Brief: New Zealand’s education system ranked the best in the world

February 1, 2011

The Legatum Prosperity Index are ratings that have been published by Britain’s Legatum Institute which is attempting to produce different kinds of indices to mainstream economic scales. The Prosperity Index ranks 110 nations and includes both material wealth and quality of life for each country. New Zealand received its number one ranking due to high enrollment rates in primary, secondary…

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Library: Follow National Geographic’s Where’s Andrew

January 28, 2011

We found a great new blog to follow on the National Geographic website. It follows Andrew the National Geographic nomad on his travels around Australia. Every day there are blog posts updating his trip as well as a photo clue and caption of an exact location on his travels which readers are encouraged to submit their guesses as to where it…

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What Next: Job opening at Embassy of Australia

January 26, 2011

Calling all those in the field of international education! Look no further for an ideal job opening. The Australian Trade Commission’s Washington, D.C. office, located in the Australian Embassy, seeks an Assistant Education Manager. The self-motivated candidate would be promoting Australia as an overseas education and training destination. Previous experience in Australia is a plus, but not required. Other job…

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News Brief: G’Day USA: Australia Week kicks off

January 19, 2011

To highlight Australia’s strengths as an innovative, sophisticated economy, G’Day USA is a two-week multi-city event displaying Australian business, food, film and tourism. The events focus on Australia as a place to visit and a place to do business in today’s world. The Australian World Bank Water Forum discussing water as a vital resource and issues of living with climate…

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Library: Students ban bottled water

November 17, 2010

We caught sight of an article Dr. Paige Schneider, co-director of Pirates Abroad programs, posted on her Facebook wall and had to share it with everyone. The New York Times article “Banning the Bottle” states 86 percent of plastic water bottles end up as garbage in the United States. That’s quite a daunting fact, especially considering all the other ugly…

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What Next: Embassy of Australia marketing internship available

November 12, 2010

Looking for something worthwhile to do in the coming months? Look no further! The Embassy of Australia is offering an Education Marketing Internship in the 2011 winter/spring. The intern will be hired for six months to work four to five days per week and receive a $1000 stipend. You must have completed at least three years of college and have…

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