Study Abroad Year at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington (UNCW)

I was fortunate enough to have earned a study abroad placement at UNCW for the 3rd Year of my Marine Biology degree. Having lived in 6 different countries, I was no stranger to moving abroad to live somewhere new. I

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If God isn’t a Penn State Fan, then why is the sky white and blue?

As I am starting to near the end of my year exchange at Penn State, it time to start reflecting on what has been an incredible year.  I the following series of posts, I hope that I can convey some

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Adelaide Exchange – 2 months in and plenty of kangaroos later…

G’day, I started my upside down Australian exchange by travelling for 3 weeks around the East coast; Scuba Diving the Great Barrier reef, climbing stork Bridge in Brisbane and taking the obligatory photo outside the Opera House in Sydney. So

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Life at Penn State – Part 1

“Oh, you appear to have been upgraded” Upon hearing these words whilst boarding my flight to Philadelphia this August, I knew that this year abroad was going to be incredible. One semester in, now it is time to reflect on life

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Penn State – Part 1

I am writing my first blog entry looking back fondly on the memories that I have made during the first semester of my year abroad. I have 4 months worth of incredible experiences to talk about but there is no

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October in Townsville

  The month of October started off well with the midterm break. After spending the last few worrying about midterm exams and attempting to study it was a welcome break. However the holiday did not involve much relaxing as I

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