Like many other students studying abroad this spring, my semester in Sydney, Australia was tragically cut short due to the harsh effects of COVID-19. I had just woken up to attend my internship like any other Thursday morning when I received a flood of text messages and emails from peers and officials from the university…

Though my time in Sydney, Australia has been some of the most exciting months of my life, this did not come without cultural adjustments and the challenge of adapting to a foreign environment. This semester, in addition to going to class, I am working at a market research company called Snooper where I function as…

This week marks my second full month of working an international internship at a market research company here in Sydney. I anticipated this experience for many months, so it is very exciting to reflect on my first few weeks and analyze the differences between my expectations and reality of Snooper’s workplace environment.  The largest difference…

While on my study abroad trip in Sydney, I decided to complete an internship for credit in addition to taking academic courses through the CAPA Center. My internship takes place at a market research start-up company called Snooper and is located in the heart of Sydney’s CBD, or Central Business District. Rush hour in downtown…

This semester, students traveling on the Sydney GBI trip live in the Oaks Goldsbrough apartments located in Darling Harbour. Our accommodations are apartment style flats with four students staying in each apartment. I share a room with a friend who also goes to Pitt, but we live in our flat with two other girls from…

G’day mates! My name is Logan Yovetich and this semester I am studying abroad in Sydney, Australia through Pitt Business’s Global Business Institute. I am a marketing major pursuing the certificate in business analytics and chose to embark on this trip during the spring semester of my junior year. During my time here in “Straya”…