Congratulations to the following IFSA-Butler students who have made great academic and personal achievements during and after their study abroad experiences! For more details on some of our students' amazing experiences, visit the IFSA-Butler blogs.

Mariana Delaney
Vanderbilt University
University of Queensland
Mariana was selected to be a student blogger for the University of Queensland's Student Exchange Blogs. Read the blog.

Ryan D'Souza
Amherst College
University of Sydney
Ryan joined the USYD baseball club and will also be playing baseball for Sydney's major league team, the Ryde Hawks.

Collin Erickson
Vanderbilt University
Monash University
Collin joined the Monash Blues, the Australian Rules football club at Monash University. Even though the season was half over, he was happily accepted because he had previously played for an AFL team in the United States. He was also a member of the Monash Boardriders club.

Mackenzie Hagan
Arizona State University
University of New South Wales
MacKenzie has worked at the Centre for Marine BioInnovation within the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences. There she investigated an environmental pollutant DCA in the Botany Sands Aquifer in Sydney. She also did commercial work with her supervisor's company, Micronovo, helping with DNA extractions. She participated in research of a project converting coal to methane from remaining coal deposits from old coal mines around Melbourne and Sydney. She even went to national seminars such as the Joint Academic Microbiology seminar in Sydney.

Meghan Jimenez
Harvey Mudd College
University of Adelaide
Meghan joined the university water polo team and trained with the Tritons club for university games and ended up playing for their grade A women's team. She also appeard in their promotional video. In her spare time Meghan helped coach a high school water polo team.

Lindsay Layland
University of Puget Sound
University of Sydney
Lindsay joined the Wesley College Rosebowl Soccer team and started in their games. She also joined the Wesley College Rosebowl Basketball team. She has participated in the Wesley College debate team and in the Wesley College Bible study.

Meghan McMillan
Gustavus Adolphus College
Murdoch University
Meghan was selected to participate in Study in Australia's Student Blogging Program. Meghan blogs about her adventures living in Australia and studying at Murdoch University. Read the blog.

Alysha Melnyk
Susquehanna University
James Cook University Cairns
Alyssa volunteered with the Young Animal Protection Society (YAPS), a no-kill shelter in Cairns.

 Conor Mulville
St. Joseph University
University of Queensland
Conor was selected to be a student blogger for the University of Queensland's Student Exchange Blogs. Read the blog.

Jacqueline Pass
Rice University
University of Adelaide
Jacqueline has been a volunteer assistant to a senior lecturer from the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Adelaide with his research on wind farms. Jacqueline, who is a materials science major and has an interest in renewable energy, addressed the complaints of local residents of the town of Waterloo regarding noise from wind farms.

Rebekah Sewing
Avila University
University of Queensland
Rebekah played rugby at the University of Queensland. The opportunity to play on the team allowed her to learn the difference in rules, meet many Australians and to embrace the social aspects of Australian sports Her team made it to the semi-finals!

Gabe Watson
Flinders University
Wabash College
Gabe joined the Flinders University Judo team this semester, and despite having never competed before, took part in the South Australian International International Open. Gabe (pictured at center below) came in an impressive second place in the under 81kg weight division and took first place in the open division. Congratulations Gabe!

Kristen Zozulin
University of Queensland
Case Western Reserve University
Kristen was a volunteer assistant to a Ph.D. student at the University of Queensland who was was conducting field work involving tagging antechinuses (a marsupial) at Springbrook National Park in Queensland. They were tagging the antechinus with microchips that can be later scanned for easy identification and population study. Kristen is a systems biology major and has been involved in biology/ecology research for a few years at her home university. Part of why she wanted to come to Australia was to become familiar with the wildlife and ecology research taking place at zoos, wildlife centers and animal reserves.