Amanda Wilson, Hokies Abroad marketing intern, writes: The holiday season is fast approaching, promising time with friends and family, gifts, food, travel, and celebration. However, just because you are taking a break from work or school, doesn’t mean that your efforts to go green have to go by the wayside. Below are a few easy tips for lessening your impact…
Continue readingLast week we talked about what it means to buy and eat local. Now we will look at the reasons why you would/should buy local. There are various websites and articles on this subject and we’ve combined these into what we think are the top three: Economic: Several studies have shown that when you buy from independent, locally owned businesses, rather…
Continue readingWatching the Macy’s Day Parade. Gearing up for Black Friday shopping. And gorging on too much turkey and pumpkin pie. With these descriptors, you automatically know Thanksgiving is being referenced. However if you said these phrases to someone Down Under, then they wouldn’t have a clue which holiday was being illustrated. Our Marketing and Communications Manager Eleanor, pictured right, certainly found this to…
Continue readingHave you finished study and looking for a great opportunity to gain some experience in the marketing industry? Or do you just have some extra time this winter? Well the Embassy of Australia is seeking a Marketing Intern for the winter 2012 semester. Interns are hired for a period of three to four months, work full-time and will receive a…
Continue readingWe all know that waiting and inevitable delays are all part of the travelling experience but they don’t necessarily have to be a burden or an inconvenience. Shine published some tips on what to do at an airport when delays do occur and we’ve thrown in our favourite time-users (not wasters) too: 1) The most important thing is having a…
Continue readingThere is a lot of talk these days about buying local or eating local. But what does this really mean? Is it linked to sustainability or organic food? Here at AUIP we thought we would do some research into this concept and bring you a series of blogs on the subject. Firstly, what is local food? Loosely defined, local purchasing…
Continue readingSo often when we are on programs with students we hear various comments about creating a group t-shirt or wishing AUIP had t-shirts that they could get to remember the trip and connect the group. Well now AUIP has done just that! We have created various t-shirts, hats, water bottles and bumper stickers for the up-coming Wintermester Program. For the…
Continue readingKasha Patel, Deacons Abroad marketing intern, shares her suggestions for saving your cash while studying Down Under: Australia is known to be very expensive. The strong Australian dollar has pushed four Australian cities into the top 15 most expensive cities in the world to live in, according to a survey released in July by the UK-based Economist Intelligence Unit. While you’re…
Continue readingAfter the success of the inaugural student blogging program this past summer, AUIP will be selecting student bloggers for the winter Antarctica, New Zealand-Sustainability and New Zealand/Sydney-Sustainable Business programs as a way for students to voice their study abroad experiences to an audience of people interested in study abroad. If you’re a student with a passion for writing, photography or…
Continue readingIf you’re coming to New Zealand on one of AUIP’s Wintermester programs here’s a few ‘choice’ phrases that will help you get by and avoid those truly baffling moments when a kiwi (the colloquial name for someone from New Zealand) starts talking to you about eating pineapple lumps in a bach. We have been scouring the web for translations and…
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