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2014-15 Student Blogs, Australia, Australia: North Queensland, Postcard, Student Perspective

Student Perspective: Studying beyond the surface in North Queensland

May 20, 2015

Katie Armstrong, the Buckeyes Abroad North Queensland Sustaining Human Societies and the Natural Environment 2015 student blogger, writes: It was during my junior year of high school that I really began to appreciate the value of education and knowledge. While I have always been motivated to maintain good grades, like many high-school students I followed a pattern of memorizing, testing,…

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2014-15 Student Blogs, Fiji, Postcard, Student Perspective

Student Perspective: Fiji student makes memories to last a lifetime

February 13, 2015

Victoria Robertson, 2014-15 Fiji International Tourism for Development student blogger, writes: Studying abroad in Fiji has been one of the most influential trips of my life. I made new friends, learned new customs and took more from the experience than I ever thought possible. I zip-lined through the rainforest, kayaked down the gorgeous Navua River, went horseback riding along the…

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2013-14 Interns, Fiji, Postcard

Postcard: Fiji exudes beauty in nature

December 9, 2013

From beautiful sunsets and sunrises to the ocean’s blue hues and rolling waves, Fiji provides some breathtaking views. So while the U.S. experiences record snow and ice storms, our Grizzlies Abroad intern, Sierra Mayer, decided to send everyone warm thoughts with some photos and memories from her time on the Fiji program. Our first night I looked into the sky…

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New Zealand, Postcard

Postcard: AUIP’s annual retreat provided July Fourth festivities and hot springs amidst meetings

July 18, 2013

Where would you find Fourth of July decorations, hot springs and meetings abound? Why, of course, the AUIP team retreat in Hanmer Springs, New Zealand! Last week our team made the drive from Christchurch to Hanmer Springs for three days of uninterrupted reviewing, planning and brainstorming…well, that is, aside from the highly important breaks for dips in the thermal pools….

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Field Notes, Fiji, Postcard

Postcard: River kayaking, village homestay and Bounty Island leisure highlight Fiji program

July 25, 2012

Julie Allan, AUIP’s Program and Marketing Coordinator, writes: I recently returned from spending two weeks in Fiji accompanying students and faculty from Texas A&M University and Pennsylvania State University on AUIP’s Fiji Sustainability Program. My favorite experience during my fourteen-day stay in Fiji was a day spent with Rivers Fijikayaking on the Wainikoroiluva River in inflatable kayaks. We started the…

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Antarctica, Postcard, Snapshot

Snapshot: Capturing the moment – Antarctica in pictures

February 20, 2012

Students went to the extreme taking in views of amazing ice peaks, gorgeous skies and majestic wildlife – while learning firsthand about one of the most remote and fragile regions in the globe just weeks ago. Students and staff on AUIP’s Antarctica study abroad program caught snapshots while they played with penguins and watched magnificent humpback, minke and orca whales….

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Postcard: East African safari adventures

November 4, 2011

AUIP’s Managing Director, Laura Sessions, wrote in her last blog about her visit to the mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Gorillas are the main reason most tourists visit Rwanda, but Laura found the country has so much more to offer. After the horrific genocide of 1994, which led to the deaths of about 800,000 people over the course of just ten…

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Postcard: Visiting Rwanda’s gorillas in the mist

October 26, 2011

AUIP’s Managing Director, Laura Sessions, recently spent six weeks exploring the cultures and wildlife of East Africa, and the highlight of the trip was the chance to see wild mountain gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park, northern Rwanda. There are only about 800 mountain gorillas left in the world, and about one-third of these live in the Virunga Mountains of…

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