Hi Everyone!
My name is Courtney and I’m a senior
here at UConn majoring in journalism and political science, and minoring in
economics and environmental policy (I had a hard time deciding on a major, so
that’s what I ended up with). With that being said, I didn’t think I was going
to be able to fit in a semester abroad, but am very excited to be going to
South Africa for my last semester as an undergraduate! In the future, I hope to
work in some type of environmental conservation or advocacy.
I decided on South Africa, because I
only need one more class after this semester, so I didn’t want to go somewhere
and take five classes. The internship component of this program definitely
appealed the most to me. Not only are the internships “cool” (I believe that’s
the best word I could come up with during my interview due to nervousness), but
past students, and us too, will actually be doing things that have an impact.
Of course the beautiful weather and the high praise from past students didn't
make this a very hard decision either.
I have been talking and thinking
about this program since last April, so finally being able to hear I was
accepted was an incredible feeling. Of course I had to call both my mom and
sister at 12:30 a.m. to share the good news with them!
Words cannot describe how excited I
am to leave for Cape Town (although I swore I would not be taking any more
extremely long flights for a while after my direct flight home from Tokyo this
past summer). Here’s to hoping the next three months and the 14+ hour flight
fly by!
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