Cheers to Sydney!

Hi there! I cannot believe my time here in Sydney is over 🙁 I am writing my final blog post from the airport and it feels like not too long ago I was just arriving here for the first time. It is crazy to think about just how fast this past semester flew by. Between…

Letter to My Pre-Departure Self

Hi again! I can’t believe my time here in Sydney is coming close to the end. If I were to have been able to write a letter to my pre-departure self, I would have told myself to cherish every single moment here because it’s about to fly by! I can vividly remember riding in my…

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…

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…