Beautiful beaches, meaningful friendships, and once in a lifetime travel opportunities are all things that students studying abroad in Wollongong have said made their experience. Each session, about 300 hundred students from across the world come together to study at UOW and share the experience of getting to know Australia first hand. Whether they are pursuing a full degree or are just here for one semester, no experience is the same, and everyone it seems leaves with a story to tell. Senior coordinator for the office of Global Student Mobility, Erin Hammond said studying abroad can benefit young people. “Usually…
Author: Mira Carlson
Throughout history, generations of people have struggled with conflicts between each other. The Baby Boomers fought the Vietnam War, Generation X stressed about the Cold War, and Millennials witnessed the reality of The War on Terror in The Middle East. But all of these events had a solution. Once the enemy is defeated, life returns to normal. What happens though when the enemy is ourselves? University of Wollongong sociologist Dr Jordan McKenzie is exploring this idea, and how the time to talk and act on climate change is now. “The fact that we have to deal with the idea that…