The past couple of weeks (and even the past months) have flown by. It
seems like it was only yesterday that I sat down to apply for the New
Media for Business and Digital Marketing course at Michigan State University; more
commonly know as MSU.
Whilst it has been quite a while since I began filling our guest room
with belongings that I needed to pack (and did not need for the
remainder of my time at home!), the flurry of organised chaos that has
accompanied the preparation of this trip including visas, US dollars,
travel insurance, and much more, has finally begun to make it sink in
that I am about to embark on an awesome adventure. I guess the most
important and exciting aspect of this adventure though, is that it
is not like your typical holiday or backpacking experience We are not
just travelling in the US, but actually studying at a university and
(hopefully) completely immersing ourselves in the culture that is the typical American college experience.
Personally, I’m incredibly eager to meet all the other participants that
will be studying at MSU with me, and also to be able to have the chance
to experience this new university culture; which I’m sure will be quite
different to the university I currently attend, the University of
Canberra. While there is much to look forward to, there will also be
challenges for some of us, and for me personally. I think it will be an
interesting and new experience to share a dorm, study, and travel with
people that I have never met before, and will not be very familiar with.
Putting the challenges aside, I think that this experience will give me
(and the other participants) more of an ability to understand the culture of a university and country that differs to what I/we have grown up
with. I think this is an especially important asset to achieve
in today’s world where globalisation is growing so rapidly and becoming
so prevalent in the study of communications.
As the final countdown gets into the single digits of days until we
leave, my excitement grows, as I imagine it does for the other
participants, and I look forward more and more to meeting everyone
involved and getting settled in.
Only 8 days 10 hours 5 minutes and 52 seconds to go!
Natalie x
Natalie Miller is participating on our New Media for Business and Digital Marketing program at Michigan State University, USA. Natalie is in her second year of a Bachelor of Media and Communications at University of Canberra
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