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LAS International Programs Newsletters

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LAS International On-line
Vol. 2, No. 8
December 15, 2003
Affirming a Commitment to Global Learning
www.las.iastate.edu/students/international/

LAS International On-Line is the bi-monthly on-line publication of the International Programs of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. LAS International is part of LAS' on-going efforts to coordinate all aspects of international activities within the College including international studies, study abroad, exchange agreements, research and outreach.

Study Abroad
SPANISH STUDY ABROAD TO BOLIVIA - The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures' study abroad program in Bolivia is "very different" from other similar offerings at Iowa State.

Kathy Leonard, professor of foreign languages and literatures and the program's academic coordinator, says the program’s service learning component is the major difference why the "In the Footsteps of the Inca" is unique.

"Service learning helps students enter into a culture in an international way by working with a local community partner to meet needs identified by the community," she said. "It's not an internship, although it has some similarities with such programs."

Iowa State students spend the first three weeks of the program in an academic setting - studying Spanish intensively in Sucre's Academia Latinoamericana. Over the following three weeks, they continue their Spanish lesions along with completing their service learning component. Past participants have worked in a textile museum, an orphanage, and the city’s Center for the Blind.

The 2004 version of "In the Footsteps of the Inca" will be held May 27 through July 22, 2004. The cost will range from $2,750 to $3,000 but does not include tuition for eight academic credits. The application deadline is January 17, 2004.

For more information on "In the Footsteps of the Inca" go on-line at www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/bolivia0112.shtml

OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITIES - Departments and programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are offering numerous international study programs for its students in 2004. These include:

• Belize in Central America: March 13-20
• Coral Reefs of the Caribbean: March 13-20 (Spring Break)
• Biomes of Australia: May 10 to June 7
• Tones of Florence: May 11-25
• National Parks of South Africa: May 17 to June 7
• Footsteps of the Inca: May 27 to July 22
• Excavations in Azoria (Greece): May 27 to July 17
• Biological Anthropology Field School in Costa Rica: July 15 to Aug. 10
• Antarctica: December 25 to January 6, 2005