Fully Immersed in our Watery Wonderland
Name: Dr. Alex Tewfik Position: Lecturer in Tropical Marine Ecology Program: Marine Resource Management Studies, Turks & Caicos After just three weeks, our Spring 2012 class has fully embraced the opportunities of exploring the watery world around South Caicos. This has included a number of organism identification trips to shallow water seagrass and mangrove communities, as [...]
New Home, New Friends, and Resource Management!
Name: Calissa Anderson School: Franklin College/Switzerland Program: Marine Resource Management Studies, Turks and Caicos Now that we have been on the island for over two weeks we have certainly made The SFS Center for Marine Resource Studies our new home. Laundry is strewn over the lines, flip flops are always missing, and students, staff, and [...]
Being Graciously Welcomed in Costa Rica
Name: Lindsay Buckwell School: Marietta College Program: Sustainable Development Studies The past few weeks have been no different from the rest in terms of being extremely busy and educational. Along with our regular three classes, and a few Spanish language classes in between, we went on multiple, powerful field trips. I would say I can [...]
A Visit to the Cloud Forest
Name: Dr. Edgardo Arévalo Position: Lecturer in Tropical Ecology Program: Sustainable Development Studies, Costa Rica Dry sunny days here in Atenas permit the students to compare diversity of weather conditions after visiting the rain and cloud forest ecosystems. After the introductory classes, the students have been immersed in the academic dynamics through regular classes, field [...]
Outreach Through Language in Costa Rica
Name: Shannon Palmer School: Clark University, Massachusetts Program: Sustainable Development Studies Part of our language and culture class consists of participating in “outreaches” throughout the semester—opportunities to touch the community by playing, teaching, talking—or just listening. Today, we could choose from painting a school mural, doing crafty projects with the elderly, or what I chose—teaching English [...]
My Visit to SFS Turks & Caicos
Name: Amy Sullivan Position: Admissions Counselor, SFS Headquarters Alumna: Kenya Summer ’09 Last week I had the privilege of paying a visit to The SFS Center for Marine Resource Studies on South Caicos to live vicariously through the spring 2012 semester students for a bit. To watch the Center come alive and see students discovering [...]
Students Cultivate Trees and a Sense of Place
Name: Dr. Justus Kithiia Position: Lecturer in Environmental Policy and Socioeconomic Vales Program: Rainforest Studies, Australia It is now 3 weeks since students arrived at The SFS Center for Rainforest Studies. I can tell that students have cultivated their own sense of place; they seem to have fitted quickly to the structured time of the [...]
Australia Lives up to Expectations
Name: Kelsey Erickson School: Cornell University Program: Tropical Rainforest Studies, Australia All of my life I have wanted to go to Australia, but when the time finally came I was afraid that it wouldn’t live up to my expectations. Fortunately this was not the case. These past two weeks have been remarkable; we have seen [...]
First Impressions of SFS Costa Rica
Name: Patrick Ronay School: Gonzaga University SFS Program: Sustainable Development Studies, Costa Rica “Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?” - R. Browning Why did you choose to study abroad with SFS? I find that many of my peers will describe their study abroad program as an “experience” [...]
First Impressions of SFS Turks and Caicos
Name: Doug Rice School: Clark University SFS Program: Marine Resource Management Studies, Turks and Caicos Why did you choose to study abroad with SFS? I wanted a study abroad program where I would have a truly unique experience as opposed to taking normal classes. SFS has so many chances for hands-on experience and field work and [...]
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