WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE CLASS WHILE ABROAD, AND WHY?
My favorite class abroad was my environmental debates class because I felt that it was the perfect balance between a focus on Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific while still allowing us to bring our perspective and comparisons from the United States. I also enjoyed the way that the class combined environmental science and anthropology. As an anthropology major myself, I found that the questions and topics that focused on how human understand and engage with the environment to be an interesting framing. Lastly, my lecturer was great and shared a lot about her own work with us while we were also able to hear from guest lecturers and go on a field trip to a sustainable house in Sydney. Overall, it was a fascinating class that approached environmental issues with a framing that interested me and a class atmosphere that fostered great conversations.

WHAT'S ONE STORY OR IMPORTANT ASPECT YOU ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE ABOUT YOUR TIME ABROAD?
Although I love telling people about the amazing trips I was able to take to the Great Barrier Reef, to Melbourne, to new Zealand and more, I mostly love telling people about the small moments and details that made my time in Sydney so special. For example I love telling people about the dogs waiting outside the grocery stores that I would always give attention to, the concerts that I sometimes had to make elaborate plans to go to, my favorite cafe and its banana bread, the most perfect sunrise at Bronte, our endless games of Dutch Blitz, the time spent bonding with the center staff, feeding wallabies, bodysurfing at Sydney's many beaches and so many more moments spent with close friends I made on the program. Getting to share these stories with friends and family back home allows me to relive them and to give them a real sense of what my everyday life looked like in Sydney.