Don’t Let Our Smiles Fool You
With bright textiles and chicha morada in abundance, the Honors Passport: Peru intersession course was a whirlwind of cultural riches. Don’t think that means that it was lacking in rigor. Dr. Laurence Hare, who led the course along with Dr. Shawn Austin, reports on...
A New Take on Tourism
Honors psychology/pre-med major Katie Gerth researched and presented on tourism's impact on Peru, and learned some unexpected lessons on that subject while visiting the islands of Taquile and Amantaní. As our Honors Passport trip to Peru comes to a close, I am so...
A Day in the Life of a Vicuña
In response to a call to do "something different" for the Peru blog, Honors College Fellow and psych major Summer Webers channeled a vicuña. Everything you read below is completely true. It was a perfectly overcast day. We were grazing in our field beneath the...
Angels with Guns
The students participating in Honors Passport: Peru were introduced to the Cusco School of painters in H2P3, the third and final course in the Honors Humanities Program (H2P) sequence. The Cusco School, one of the most important painting movements in the Americas,...
An Inside Look at a Cloistered Life
Founded in 1580 by Doña María de Guzmán, a wealthy widow who became a nun, Arequipa's Monastery of Santa Catalina takes up an entire city block. The quiet spaces and rich colors of the convent struck a chord with honors art history major Elanor Jones. Elanor is one...
A New World Take on the Baroque
The Spanish built their churches on the massive stone foundations of the Inca they conquered, but craftsmen took care to blend Andean and Incan themes into the usual Christian symbols. In this excerpt from her Peru journal, honors biology major Rashi Ghosh reflects on...
Window Seat on a Night Flight
On her way to Peru, honors biology major Kaitlyn Akel looks out the airplane window and finds unexpected visions in the city lights stretching out below. Kaitlyn is one of 16 honors students taking part in Honors Passport: Peru, a new study-at-home-and-abroad...
Setting Out: A Pre-Departure Reflection
Honors College Fellow and English major Brock DeMark is the first student to submit a blog for Honors Passport: Peru trip –– thanks Brock! Perhaps the biggest challenge at this point is packing for summertime in Lima and the rainy season in the highlands. You can...
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