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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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Field Notes, Fiji

Field Notes: Fiji’s Kula Eco Park educates local children

July 20, 2012

Kula Eco Park is an eco-park situated on Fiji’s Coral Coast and is one of the highlights for students on AUIP’s Fiji program. The Park was established in 1997 and has steadily developed over the years to become ‘the environmental showplace of the South Pacific.’ Its main focus is the preservation of Fiji’s indigenous flora and fauna, including birds, reptiles,…

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Field Notes, New Zealand

Field Notes: Stuggling New Zealand city becomes a leader in sustainability

June 27, 2012

Students in AUIP’s New Zealand study abroad programs visit the scenic coastal village of Kaikoura, on the east coast of the South Island. Visitors can inhale the fresh ocean breeze, spot an impressive array of wildlife, peruse quaint shops and try mouthwatering local fare. But Kaikoura hasn’t always been the beachfront utopia it appears to be. Like many towns throughout…

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New Zealand, News Brief

News Brief: Student inspired by Christchurch recovery efforts

June 20, 2012

Visiting Christchurch, New Zealand for the first time since the earthquakes can be sobering and emotional  – but it can also be an inspirational experience for American university students studying abroad. When students tour with AUIP in New Zealand, they often take part in service projects that help the city recover from the damaging earthquakes that have taken place in…

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2012 Student Blogs, Field Notes, New Zealand, Student Perspective

Student Perspective: A New Zealand Mix – Sea Kayaking, Dolphin Swimming, Waterfalls and Snow?

June 18, 2012

Kerri Malone, 2012 New Zealand Adventure Tourism student blogger, writes: I was aware that a trip to New Zealand would require a personal surrender to cold weather, endless spouts of rain, and spurts of sunshine, but snow? The trip is now at a very near end, and we are surrounded by a camp park blanketed in white, as well as…

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2012 Student Blogs, Field Notes, New Zealand, Student Perspective

Student Perspective: Diving with dolphins worth the adventure – wetsuits and all

June 15, 2012

Lily Hislop, 2012 New Zealand Adventure Tourism student blogger, writes: At 7:30 this morning everyone sat around our faculty member, with a pill in our hands, waiting with baited breath. We were supposed to go on a dolphin swim today, and at 7:30 exactly we find out if the trip can go on or not, depending on the weather. And…

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2012 Student Blogs, Field Notes, New Zealand, Student Perspective

Student Perspective: Stumbling upon seals in streams a welcome sight

June 14, 2012

Lily Hislop, 2012 New Zealand Adventure Tourism student blogger, writes: Today might have been my favorite day. We left Nelson, but not before having a lovely hot breakfast. On our drive to Kaikoura our professor had us stop at a very special waterfall. We walked up a little mountain path that ran parallel to a stream. And then “Oh my…

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Antarctica, Field Notes, Library, The Fact Files

The Fact Files: A biologist’s and photographer’s dream exists in Antarctica

June 13, 2012

When you return from your study abroad program, it’s inevitable that everyone will ask you, “How was <insert country name>?” And somehow they expect you to be able to sum up in a few words your incredible experience about which you could talk for hours. Oregon State student Kimberly Kenny has certainly experienced that scenario. So to expound on her…

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Library, New Zealand, News Brief

News Brief: Air New Zealand and DOC team-up for conservation goals and free trip to New Zealand

June 11, 2012

Recently Air New Zealand and the New Zealand Department of Conservation signed a $1 million deal that ensures flights for endangered species between sanctuaries and also promotes national walking tracks. The three-year partnership between these entities will increase marketing and conservation programs for the National Parks Great Walks and the species translocations needs. As part of the partnership, “The Great…

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