Class Year: 2025 
Major/Minor: Economics major/Data Science minor
Program: IFSA - University of Wollongong, Australia
Program specific experiences I can speak about:
Enrolled at local university
Favorite experience:
Exploring the nature around my university in Australia and the different excursions my program sent me on. As well as getting to meet other students from across the world.
What course/internship experience during your global study semester allowed you to learn something new and exciting?
I took a finance course which focused primarily on the Australian financial system. It gave me insight to how their system differs from the American one and was useful background for studying for economics as a whole.
How have your global studies related to one of the 7 Enduring Skills?
My time abroad in Australia greatly reinforced my adaptability in an unknown environment. Australia was my first time out of the United States and it was about as far away as one could possibly get from it. This forced me to tackle change head on while studying there. While Australia shares the same language as the United States there were still large cultural differences. The Australian education system differs from the U.S as well as how people interact with each other. I had to change the way I approached schooling and my social life while abroad in a way I had not done before. I feel being forced to adapt to change has given me greater confidence in my own abilities as I return to study at Gettysburg and into my career post graduation.