Student Bloggers

Capture Everything ???? It’s been over a month in New Zealand. I’m slowly getting accustomed to the place. I’m getting a little stable living in a foreign country. The experiences I have had within this first month are crazy. I thought I didn’t do a lot…

Stephanie is studying at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. In her second Short YouTube video, she shares a peek at the Arcadia New Zealand Orientation in 44 seconds. 

Meet Will Reyes, a biochemistry major hailing from California and currently enrolled at Grinnell College. Will embarked on a journey to New Zealand to pursue his studies at the esteemed University of Otago. In this video, Will shows why New Zealand is…

It’s crazy to think that we are nearly halfway through the semester when it felt like I just arrived in Aotearoa just last week. The two-week break is heading into the final week, and I thought writing about classes and homework would be a good idea as…

One month in and a week left until the mid-semester break. Time has flown by since I first arrived in Aotearoa with my family for a brief family vacation before Arcadia orientation began. After a few weeks of walking around campus and getting lost a few…

Running with WoRMs WoRM aka The Wellington Running Club Meetup Group is a running club based around trail running and exploration of Wellington. I ended up going to the “Tuesday Spectacular regular” run. This was located at the Naked Man near the waterfront…

As the brisk winds of Edinburgh, Scotland, welcomed me, the reality of its chilly reputation hit home with undeniable force. Every article and Instagram post that forewarned me of the January cold proved to be an accurate portrayal of my daily reality…

I of course had heard about culture shock many times before I stepped on the plane to go 8,219 miles (about 13227.2 km) away from home. For some reason I wasn’t expecting to be affected by it, as if I were immune to feeling strange in a new place (spoiler…

While there are hundreds of things to do in Dublin—like going to museums, pubs, or the IKEA I spent half a Sunday in—sometimes it can feel like there are almost too many options. Taking day trips can be a great way to spend an afternoon (and to get more…