Drew Moffatt, past scholarship winner

Apply now for a chance to receive $1000!

Posted by BCSAadmin on 09/11/2018

ATTENTION BC STUDENTS!

We have collaborated with Study and Go Abroad to offer the fall 2018 Stories from Abroad Scholarship. Don't miss out on this opportunity and apply by Friday, October 26, 2018, for a chance to receive $1,000!

For more information, look for Stories from Abroad: $1000 British Columbia Study Abroad Scholarship on Financial Aid. 

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

  1. You are currently enrolled at a BCSA Consortium institution; and,
  2. You are currently enrolled in a short-term study abroad program or have been accepted into a short-term study abroad...
Tags: Stories from Abroad Scholarship Study and Go Abroad funding opportunity
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Cheyenne Rode

My Top Three Budgeting Tips

Posted by BCSAadmin on 09/11/2018

By Cheyenne Rode, Vancouver Island University, winner of the BC Study Abroad: Stories from Abroad Scholarship

Study Abroad Destination: Melbourne, Australia

Now that I am back from my exchange, looking back it’s almost like it was a dream. Although this is my second exchange, I still can’t believe how lucky I am to have been able to go on a trip like this. After being back, I was stumped about what I should write about as there are so many stories I would love to share to give insight/help those lucky people who have a trip like this in front of them. What I came up with are budgeting tips. Budgeting was one of the hardest aspects of my exchange, especially being in Australia where everything is practically double. Spoiler alert, I...

Tags: make the world your classroom Study Abroad Scholarship Winner Vancouver Island University Stories from Abroad Australia Melbourne budgeting tips
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Drew Moffatt

My Return Home

Posted by BCSAadmin on 09/04/2018

By: Drew Moffatt, British Columbia Institute of Technology, winner of the BC Study Abroad: Stories from Abroad Scholarship

Study Abroad Destination: Barcelona, Spain

When coming home I knew it would be a big change yet again to adjust back to. It wasn’t until the end of my semester abroad did Barcelona start to feel like my second home; the food and the late eating hours, the laidback lifestyle of the city, and livelihood of its people. However, I did miss Vancouver a lot. My time away really showed me what I love so much about my country and what I shouldn’t take for granted. There are some things that I love a lot about Barcelona and even Europe; the food, the people, the siestas (best thing ever), and just little places that I won’t be able to fi...

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Julie Han, Simon Fraser University

A Chunk of the Berlin Wall

Posted by BCSAadmin on 08/31/2018

By Julie Han, Simon Fraser University, winner of the 2018 (Spring) Stories from Abroad Scholarship, member of the BC Study Abroad Writer in Residence Team

Study Abroad Destination: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

My high school economics teacher kept a chunk of the Berlin wall in his desk drawer. Of the many non-economics related lessons with which he blessed us, this literal piece of history served as a reminder of the importance of being there. And as someone who had quite honestly lived the majority of her life vicariously through richer strangers on the internet, I easily dismissed this lesson. I always felt the lesson never invest in an African amethyst mine to be much more poignant, and just as relevant.

But now that I was...

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