by Rachel Marsh | Jul 1, 2022 | Arts & Sciences, Faculty-Led, South America, Summer
There’s a maxim in language learning that claims that no one has ever learned a language in a classroom. This, of course, goes against the hours and hours Bama students spend in BB Comer studying conjugation, vocabulary, and pronunciation. For years, I have been one...
by Rachel Marsh | Jun 30, 2022 | Arts & Sciences, Faculty-Led, South America, Summer
I write this post at midnight of my last night in the wonderful city of Barranquilla. The past six weeks have been full of experiences, people, and sights that can really only be described in one word: unforgettable. It’s so cliché to say that studying abroad will...
by Rachel Marsh | Jun 21, 2022 | Arts & Sciences, Faculty-Led, South America, Summer
View from my quarantine hotel window Two weeks in to my six-weeks study abroad program in Colombia, I went snorkeling in Santa Marta with a group of other students from Alabama. We had a great time floating around the bay, watching the colorful fish swim, and making...
