by Wolfgang S | Jun 16, 2020 | Arts & Sciences, Central America, Semester, UA-Affiliate, _
The last full weekend of the trip was during Dr. Magleoca’s class, The Water Planet. We had already taken our final for the class, and we departed from the Soltis Center for three days to travel to Guanacaste, the northwestern most province of the country, to study...
by Wolfgang S | Jun 12, 2020 | Arts & Sciences, Central America, Semester, UA-Affiliate, _
The first two weeks of the trip were led by Dr. Mathew Lafevor, who taught Geography of Latin and South America. He spoke spanish, and knew a good deal about the culture and geography of the area. The class was engaging, but the activities that we did outside of the...
by Wolfgang S | Jun 10, 2020 | Arts & Sciences, Central America, Semester, UA-Affiliate, _
I arrived in San Juan, Costa Rica, around 2:30 on January 17th. Only after waiting in the customs line for 45 minutes did I realize that the american man standing behind me, who had been on my flight, was also a UA student there for the same program. We hurried...
by Anna S @annadove__ | May 1, 2020 | Arts & Sciences, Comm & Info Sciences, Semester, South America, UA-Affiliate
“Sí po, cachai?” Yeah, you know? Had this phrase been said to me in any Spanish class or come up in a conversation before living in Chile I would have stood there dumbfounded and wondered if maybe it was Portuguese instead of Spanish. “Quiero una palta y un jugo de...
by Anna P | Apr 17, 2020 | Arts & Sciences, Europe, Exchange, Semester
So we’ve all heard by now how corona virus has affected all of the students on study abroad. The chaos a week before myself and two friends were supposed to be off to Spain and Portugal for our spring holidays, which lasts a month over here! As our numbers dwindled,...
