My name is Alison Barnard and I'm the Media
Affairs Specialist here at the US Consulate.
I went to two universities in the United States,
so I have two perspectives. I did my undergraduate
degree at Presbyterian College, a small four-year
liberal arts university in South Carolina.1,100
students over the four years so very small,
very intimate setting. And then for graduate
school, I went to Syracuse University in upstate
New York and did a Masters degree in Broadcast
Journalism.
For my undergraduate degree, I majored in
English and Political Science. It was a wonderful
combination of areas that interested me but
also a classic humanities and liberal arts studies
curriculum. And then for graduate school I
majored in Broadcast Journalism.
I think Australian students would absolutely
love either of the two experiences. Either
the small, supported liberal arts education,
and/or a large university, it's really what
you're looking for and where you're at in
your college career. So as a young, impressionable
18-year-old, a liberal arts education was
really perfect for me, and then to continue
that in a much bigger, broader sense for graduate
school was great. I had a wonderful time at
Syracuse University, they're well-known for
their journalism, government, sports, engineering,
education and medical faculties and it was
a lot of fun, and go orange!
