Vova Oleksovskyi, Alumni Ambassador

HOW DID YOU ENGAGE WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WHILE ABROAD?
My biggest achievement in my opinion was the fact that I was able to make a ton of friends with a local art school community! I was lucky enough to work in the National Art School of Sydney and because of this I made friends with a lot of students from there! During creative events in the art gallery I was a part of the group which created different artworks that later were sold and the profit from it went to a local dog shelter organization! Even after finishing my study abroad I still called them and we actually planned to meet again during Summer '24! Will just need to save up some more money for the flights!

WHAT'S ONE STORY OR IMPORTANT ASPECT YOU ALWAYS SHARE ABOUT YOUR TIME ABROAD?
My friends already are TIRED of me speaking about my Australia study abroad experience, because I bring that up quite often! But the biggest aspect for me was living in the huge megapolis! I come from a tiny city where everybody knows each other and living in Sydney finally gave me an opportunity to learn how it is to live in the big city with lots of people! It really gave me the chance to look from a completely different perspective on how I want to live in the future and for now I can for sure say that my study abroad program won't be my only time that I lived in Sydney!