by srkirby | Jan 21, 2020 | Honors Passport/Peru, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Peru, Political science, Study Abroad
Beck Williams, an honors political science major who participated in the January 2020 Honors Passport study abroad intersession course to Peru, found himself in an unexpected dilemma when the class took him to the top of a hill on the island of Taquile in Lake...
by | Mar 27, 2017 | Honors College Study Abroad Grant, Honors Passport/Peru, Peru, Study Abroad
Our resident food critic and Honors Passport: Peru student Dennis Mitchell walks us through the tastes of Peru in a two-part series, ending in Arequipa. Within our first two hours in Arequipa, I realized that it was everything Lima was not. Whereas Lima was big, hot,...
by | Feb 28, 2017 | Honors College Study Abroad Grant, Honors Passport/Peru, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Peru, Psychology, Study Abroad
Hiking along this narrow path, free of tourist bustle, Honors Passport explorer Rachel Lindsey experiences her transformative moment at Machu Picchu. I had the remarkable opportunity to visit Machu Picchu along with the rest of the Honors Passport group. Most of what...
by Nathan Smith | Feb 24, 2017 | Anthropology, Honors Courses, Honors Passport/Peru, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Peru, Study Abroad
Fortified by corn beer and a last meal of vegetables, a young Incan girl of noble family made the dizzying climb up Mount Ampato, where priests sacrificed her to Apu, the mountain god. Her body was recovered in 1995, preserved in remarkable condition after lying...
by | Jan 26, 2017 | Honors College Study Abroad Grant, Honors Courses, Honors Passport/Peru, Peru, Study Abroad
After their visit to Taquile Island, Honors Passport student Dani Carson was one of five ladies brave enough to jump into the frigid waters of Lake Titicaca, and she says she’d do it again. Read about Dani’s experience, and follow to the bottom to see the...
by | Jan 26, 2017 | Honors College Study Abroad Grant, Honors Courses, Honors Passport/Peru, Peru, Study Abroad, Uncategorized
After an enlightening conversation with the girlfriend of their tour guide, honors pre-med student Anthony Azzun’s eyes opened to the rich history of religious art in La Catedral del Cuzco. Anthony was one of 16 honors students to take part in Honors...
