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Published on: 2/15/2008
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Lee Clarke
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Lee Clarke, 28, of Minyama, will next month become the first Indigenous student to travel abroad under the University of the Sunshine Coast's Global Opportunities (GO) program.
The third-year Environmental Management and Japanese language student will spend two semesters at Nagoya University in Japan, and his assessment there will count towards his double degree at USC.
Lee qualified for a generous scholarship from Nagoya University after achieving a very high grade point average (GPA) during his first two years of study at USC.
He said he was looking forward to immersing himself in the Japanese culture.
"I have had a lifelong interest in Japan," he said.
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Lee is a skilled linguist, having learnt several languages while working as a surf charter boat skipper and crewman throughout south-east Asia in the 10 years before he started studying at USC.
"I can speak Indonesian, Malaysian and Thai, so I thought I'd get another language under my belt," he said."Japanese is difficult to learn, but it's definitely achievable.I just have to put in the hours."
Lee said he also planned to make his trip to Japan a real cultural exchange.