by srkirby | Jul 30, 2019 | Apparel Merchandising & Product Development, Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Honors College Study Abroad Grant, Mexico, Study Abroad
Apparel merchandising and product development student Kayla DeMark spent a month in Puebla, Mexico, this summer as a participant in the U of A Faculty-Led Spanish Immersion & Service Learning program. In this blog, Kayla frames her experience in the...
by srkirby | Nov 29, 2018 | Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Mexico, Study Abroad
Honors chemical engineering major Meagan Olsen spent her summer in Puebla, Mexico, studying Spanish and participating in an engineering-based service project. Here, she blends language-learning, history, tradition and community, using a color palette that is at once...
by Nathan Smith | Jul 20, 2016 | Biology, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Mexico, Study Abroad
During 35 days of study abroad in Puebla, Mexico, Honors College Fellow and pre-med biology major Garrett Bethel observed numerous surgeries, everything from childbirth to gunshot trauma repair. In the middle of one procedure, Garrett recalls that the surgeon, Dr....
by | Mar 6, 2012 | Fay Jones School of Architecture, Mexico, Study Abroad
[slideshow id=8] The Studio and Mexican Modernism class absolutely helped me move toward my goals! I am particularly interested in “sites of memory” and the layering of histories and how that affects contemporary space, especially in Mexico City. All of our...
by Nathan Smith | Jul 7, 2011 | Marketing, Mexico, Sam M. Walton College of Business, Study Abroad
Honors marketing major Elijah Garcia is studying Spanish in Puebla, Mexico this summer – and finding time to scale pyramids, rappel down waterfalls and swim in a subterranean river in an underground cave. Hello America, I do miss you, but I am having a great...
