My name is Kira Erickson and I am a Junior in the College of Business Administration majoring in Business Analytics with an LCJS minor. I am currently studying abroad through the Pitt GBI Sydney program in Sydney, Australia. This is a semester long program located in NSW, Australia with many courses ranging from business related…
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Goodbye Sydney!
This semester was truly one I will never forget. It was the perfect way to end my undergraduate experience at Pitt and I am so grateful to have been given the opportunity to visit and study in such a unique location. Over the course of the semester, I took four courses – Australian History, Intercultural…
Lessons I Learned in Sydney
I think I have grown a lot from studying abroad in Sydney this semester. It got me out of my comfort zone by allowing me to meet new people and travel to places I never would have imagined being able to visit otherwise. I was nervous in the beginning of the program because I didn’t…
Skills I Learned in Sydney
I think I gained valuable transferable skills throughout my study abroad experience from both taking courses in a foreign country and traveling on the weekends. Some of the most important skills I gained/improved upon are problem-solving and adaptability. When you are studying abroad, there are many times when things do not go completely according to…
Learning and Growing in Sydney
Hi there! I can’t believe my time here in Sydney is more than half way over! Studying abroad and having an internship has helped me immensely in developing skills. A major skill that I have developed since studying abroad is adaptability. Being in a whole new country that I am unfamiliar with, I have had…
Overcoming Challenges in Australia
Hi there! So far, adapting to life in Australia has been fairly easy for me. Although there are many noticeable differences between the United States and Australian culture, none of these differences have made adapting here too challenging for me. The first thing that I noticed about living in Sydney is that it is a…
Adapting to Life in Sydney
In general, I feel like the culture in Australia is relatively easy to adapt to because it is an extremely diverse city. There are people from various backgrounds and places around the world, so there are many different cultures represented. Embarrassingly, the one lifestyle norm I have had difficulty adapting to is applying sunscreen every…
Interning in Sydney
While here in Sydney, I am interning at a company called Metluma. Metluma is a healthcare start-up for an online women’s health portal centered around supporting women and the challenges they face while going through menopause. This health portal will be used to provide information, advice, treatment, and connect patients with the doctors on our…
Greetings from Sydney!
Hi everyone! My name is Olivia Jackson and I am currently a junior at Pitt studying Marketing and Supply Chain Management. I am participating in Pitt’s Global Business Institute program with CAPA. I chose this program because I feel that having an internship while abroad is an incredible opportunity to build a global network of…
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