What do you mean there is only one week left? Many others and I have been saying that phrase a lot. Since the moment I landed, my life has been go go go I didn’t realize how much time had passed. When I look back at it and really think about what I have done,…

To my pre-departure self, the number one thing I want you to know is not to stress too much when traveling abroad. So many things change and continue to change that whatever you had planned is most likely not going to happen. Learn to go with the flow. Now this does NOT mean you take…

During my time abroad there is one soft skill that I have definitely used and fine-tuned, interacting in foreign areas. Australia is by no means as much of a foreign country when compared to Japan or India where there are large cultural and language differences. Still, Australia presents the need to have the soft skill…

“That bloke is a full bogan, rocked up in thongs, coozie, and some Maccas”  Translation That guy is the Australian version of a vagabond mixed “hippie” and “redneck” who came in only flip-flops, swim trucks, and some McDonalds. I first heard the term bogan when I was walking along the sidewalk with no shoes, wet…

I am currently halfway through my third week of classes. I am really enjoying but I am still getting used to meeting once a week for two and a half hours. The four classes I am taking are International Finance, Analyzing a Global City, Environmental Debates, and Australia in the World. International Finance is much…

My name is Wyatt Cobb, I am currently a junior at the University of Pittsburgh studying for a double major in Finance and Business Analytics and a minor in Economics. I am originally from a small town called Northampton next to a more well-known Allentown, PA. A little bit about me is that I am…