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When planning your upcoming trip, browsing the multitude of guidebooks online or crowding Borders’ shelves can be quite a daunting sight. Well, we recently grabbed some copies of Rough Guides and are impressed with the easy to use content. The introductory “colour” section provides an overall feeling for the country and its offerings. For the first-time visitor to the country,…
Continue readingAfter serious deliberation, the votes are in. Thank you to all our alumni who entered a photo in the 2010 Photo Contest: It’s the Ultimate Fieldtrip! With our panel of judges having multiple favorites, picking the winning photos was no easy task. From an Aboriginal dancer to a Virginia Tech student jumping over his classmates, the photos literally caught all…
Continue readingFrom the penmanship of Harvard undergraduates, the Let’s Go travel guides highlight accommodations, food, sights, entertainment and nightlife specifically tailored to students. If you’re on a budget, then the cheap eats and hotels will be a help in your travels. With chapters divided by roadtrips, you can flip to a section for the Deep South and read suggestions for Raleigh…
Continue readingFrom Fredonia on the banks of Lake Erie to our partner at Brockport and from Oswego on the banks of Lake Ontario to Plattsburgh in northeast Upstate New York and to multiple places in between, Eleanor traveled over 1,500 miles in the past two weeks to State University of New York study abroad fairs. Catching up with our partners and…
Continue readingWhen traveling around a country, bus travel can significantly reduce your transportation costs in comparison to flights. So long as you aren’t on a tight schedule, then buses offer low fares and the ability to see the passing areas. Students on our Australia programs have had positive experiences on Oz Experience hop on hop off buses, as New Zealand participants…
Continue readingFor those of you who have participated in our Fiji program and loved the lovo that you had with your Fijian homestay family, here is how you can make your own at home to entertain your family and friends. For those of you who have yet to have the pleasure of a lovo, it is a FEAST of magnificent proportion,…
Continue readingAt 4:35 a.m. Saturday morning, Christchurch was struck by the most devastating earthquake it has witnessed since 1931. Of the damage caused in the city center by the earthquake and its many aftershocks, approximately 90 buildings suffered significant damage and many of them will probably have to be knocked down, according to Prime Minister John Key. An overnight curfew has…
Continue readingNow’s the time to enter the 2010 AUIP photo contest! Alumni, we hope you’ve identified your most awe-inspiring photograph to submit because our contest sponsors have donated some seriously desirable prizes. Of today, September 1, 2010, AUIP alumni can enter the 2010 Photo Contest: It’s the Ultimate Field Trip! The photo contest is open to all AUIP alumni who have…
Continue readingIt’s no wonder that Ohio State University and Clayton State University recently joined the ranks of our partner universities. Students nationwide consistently head to Australia and New Zealand in huge numbers for study abroad. We like the Huffington Post’s photo slide show highlighting the top nine destinations, such as number six Australia, which hosts over 11,000 students yearly. In the…
Continue readingFor our upcoming e-newsletter, we want to know what our alumni are doing for their latest exciting activities and endeavors! Have you caught the travel bug and are hiking in Outer Mongolia or teaching in India? Have you entered the real world and are working to fund the next trip? Are you back at school and taking new classes this…
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