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What Next: Alumni invited to enter 2012 AUIP Photo Contest

August 21, 2012

With over $3,000 worth of prizes up for grabs, the AUIP Photo Contest is better than ever to enter. Our amazing sponsors, StudentUniverse, Lowepro, Lychee Tree Holiday Apartments, Eye to Eye Marine Encounters, Hexagon International, South Sea Cruises, Abel Tasman Kayaks, Maori Tours Kaikoura, Lonely Planet and EvoShield, have ensured this year’s winners of the 2012 Photo Contest: Discovering the…

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2011-12 Interns, Alumni Updates, Australia: Sydney, New Zealand, Stories, Student Perspective, Travel, What Next

What Next: Alumna Breeana Laughlin maximizes one-year working holiday with job at Methven Heliski

July 30, 2012

Breeana Laughlin first connected with AUIP when she took part in the New Zealand and Sydney Sustainable Business program as a graduate student at the University of Montana in 2011. Breeana served as a student blogger for this program. In her first blogshe shared her excitement of venturing overseas for the first time and turning 30 while in New Zealand….

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2011-12 Interns, Shoestring Budget, Student Perspective

Shoestring Budget: So you want to venture out on your own after completing your program with AUIP?

July 23, 2012

Taylor Eubanks, AUIP Marketing Intern, writes: Many students choose to explore more of the South Pacific upon completion of their AUIP study abroad programs. For those students who are on a tight budget, there are a number of ways to save a few dollars which will mean more money to spend on traveling! One of the most expensive parts of…

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2012 Student Blogs, Australia: North Queensland, Field Notes, Student Perspective

Student Perspective: Australian experience gets student blogger thinking

July 18, 2012

Hannah Cohan, 2012 North Queensland Sustainability student blogger, writes: I’m back in Yungaburra, in what is the most adorable hostel: On the Wallaby. It’s been such a blast…Last night we celebrated the Fourth of July and watched the State of Origin game at the same time! We decorated the lobby with red white and blue streamers, and did sparklers. Today,…

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2011 Student Blogs, Field Notes, Student Perspective

Field Notes: Making the most of your hostel experience

July 16, 2012

Breeana Laughlin, 2011 New Zealand and Sydney Sustainable Business student alumni, writes: If you’ve never stayed in a hostel before, it can seem like an elusive thing. I had never stayed in a hostel before studying abroad with AUIP. I was pleasantly surprised by a lot of the cool features you get staying at hostels that you wouldn’t get in…

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2012 Student Blogs, Australia: North Queensland, Field Notes, Student Perspective

Student Perspective: Australian adventure comes to a close

July 13, 2012

George Hayward, 2012 North Queensland Sustainability student blogger, writes: Now that schoolwork is just about done, we didn’t have to worry so much about taking notes and got to focus all of our attention on soaking up the sites and sounds of Australia. We started after breakfast with a trip to Gallo Dairyland, a chocolate and cheese store. Everything looked…

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2012 Student Blogs, Australia: North Queensland, Field Notes, Student Perspective

Student Perspective: Viewing undersea creatures never seen before

July 9, 2012

Hannah Cohan, 2012 North Queensland Sustainability student blogger, writes: Day 3 in Australia! Right now I’m on Magnetic Island, with thirteen minutes left to go on my internet…aaaaand there’s a spider on the mouse pad. This is going to be more difficult than I thought… /mute thud/ Now that that’s out of the way, on to business! ***DISCLAIMER: I didn’t…

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2012 Student Blogs, Australia: North Queensland, Field Notes, Student Perspective

Student Perspective: Soaking in the stunning surrounding in The Tablelands

July 5, 2012

George Hayward, 2012 North Queensland Sustainability student blogger, writes: Wednesday, June 6 Today we arrived at our second last location: a homey place called “On the Wallaby.” It’s a backpacker’s lodge with probably the friendliest staff we’ve encountered so far. This was evident as soon as we arrived when Tracy (one of the employees) greeted us with smiles, jokes, and…

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2012 Student Blogs, Australia: North Queensland, Field Notes, Student Perspective

Student Perspective: A taste of home on the farm

June 25, 2012

George Hayward, 2012 North Queensland Sustainability student blogger, writes: Saturday, June 2 Finally! A place that feels like home. Today we arrived at our farm stays, and it has been quite a comforting experience thus far. I’m with the four other male students on a 260 acre property that has been owned by this family since 1985. Upon arrival this…

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2012 Student Blogs, Australia: North Queensland, Field Notes, Student Perspective

Student Perspective: Contributing to research with the Canopy Crane

June 22, 2012

George Hayward, 2012 North Queensland Sustainability student blogger, writes: The first thing on the agenda today was a trip to the Canopy Crane Research Station. After a thorough briefing of all the plants and animals on the site that could harm us (this is customary in Australia) we broke into groups and participated in tree measurement and analysis. The research…

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