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The Mercer 2010 Quality of Living survey is out, and its results rank cities throughout Australia and New Zealand as the most livable. The Quality of Living index list includes 221 cities worldwide. Although European cities dominated the top 25 cities in the index, the South Pacific saw high rankings. Listed in the top 50 cities were Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney,…
Continue readingDid you take thousands of photos on your AUIP study abroad program? Are some of those photos just amazing? Well, we want to see them soon! The 2010 Photo Contest: It’s the Ultimate Field Trip! launches September 1, 2010 at all our partner universities throughout the United States. The photo contest is open to all AUIP alumni who have studied…
Continue readingEarlier this year, in a task to find the next great filmmaker, a competition was launched called Your Big Break. The task was to capture the spirit of New Zealand in a three-minute short film. Sir Peter Jackson (like we need to explain who this is) judged the entries, and multi Academy Award winner Barrie Osborne (American movie producer turned…
Continue readingAUIP Director of Academic Affairs, Lee Stoner, was recently taken to Queenstown for the weekend by his fiancé Krysina. Queenstown, surrounded by the beautiful Remarkables mountain range, was listed as the #4 top destination in the world by Trip Advisor in 2010. Lee was joined by fellow AUIP colleague, Eleanor Hand, the AUIP marine biologist for the North Queensland program,…
Continue readingLast week from August 4 to 6, AUIP hosted its staff for an annual retreat. The retreat took place in Hanmer Springs, which is approximately 85 kilometers northwest of our main office in Christchurch, New Zealand. We all stayed in a five-bedroom house, which served as our accommodation, meeting space and café-style dining. Our agenda was comprehensive (read: meeting from…
Continue readingOne of the most popular walks in Mount Cook National Park, the Hooker Valley trail leads up the Hooker Valley toward Mount Cook, also known by its native name of Aoraki. Students on the New Zealand program cross two suspended bridges, one pictured above, over the Hooker River and ultimately end at the river’s source, Hooker Glacier terminal lake.
Continue readingIt’s hotter than hot right now across much of the States. So, naturally you’re craving the AC, right? Or maybe already dreaming of snow and frost on the ground come December? Well, lucky for you, The College at Brockport within the State University of New York system is still accepting applications for the Antarctica program. Students from Brockport will travel…
Continue readingJam-packed with activities, the Fiji program constantly has students on the go learning. One of these activities is a day trip to a remote highlands village and a kayaking trip down the Luva River with Rivers Fiji. Driving up into the highlands, our group stops in Nakavika Village, which 500 to 600 people call home. Homes and meeting halls, pictured…
Continue readingWhile on the Coral Coast of Fiji’s main island, Viti Levu, our Fiji students learn about the history and evolvement of tourism in the area. Dr. David Harrison from the University of the South Pacific speaks of the changes in tourism since its origins in the area. Tourists began traveling to Fiji in the 1920s with the bulk of Coral…
Continue readingOn the Coral Coast of Fiji, our program stops at Kula Eco Park to observe endangered species of Fiji and learn about necessary breeding methods to restore dwindling population numbers. Kula serves as Fiji’s center for the captive breeding of endangered species and the environmental education of school children. By instilling an environmental conservation mentality in young children, the Park…
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