Winter Term 2007 Updates
Currently,
more than 700 Elon students are studying abroad around the
globe with over 50 Elon faculty and staff. The Isabella
Cannon Centre for International Studies will post course
information on this page when we receive updates from faculty
leaders on their courses.
This page will also be used in case of any
emergency or scheduling change due to weather or other
circumstances.
Note: The Winter Term South Africa Study Abroad
group maintains their own blog which can be found at: http://idd.elon.edu/sasa.
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Posted January 24, 2007
Peru
Biology: We
arrived in Lima from Cuzco this morning. We will be
visiting the international potato institute tomorrow.
So far, we have seen 81 species of birds, 4 kinds of monkeys,
about 30 different plants (to identify), done labs in the
Amazon jungle, gone swimming in a mountain river, played
soccer on a river island, and watched macaws come to a
morning lake while we sat on a sand bar with the river
rushing past. Yesterday we climbed Machu Pichu and
returned to Cuzco.
New
Zealand Business: Today is
our last full day in Queenstown and we've had a fantastic
time. We were depressed the first evening when we arrived
because it was pouring rain, but we awoke the next morning to
a gorgeous sunny day in the high 70's. Our group's
been having lots of fun with fishing, skydiving and
lounging.
This morning we went to the
Queenstown Resort College for a tour and short talk. They
have just opened and train students to work exclusively in
five-star resorts. Five star, we were told, means
exceptional beyond excellence.
The faculty met our Elon students
and were very impressed. There are internship opportunities
for students in Queenstown during ski season (our summer) and
opportunities for a semester abroad study of hospitality
management. I feel very excited about the future
opportunities for more students to go to New Zealand.
Tonight is our final banquet and
tomorrow we leave Queenstown around 1pm to begin our journey
home. It's been a wonderful three weeks--we've
all learned so much and had lots of fun doing
it.
For archives of the Winter Term 2007
updates,
Click the links below:
Updates January 22
Updates January 20
Updates January 18
Updates January 17
Updates
January 16
Updates January 12
Updates January 10
Updates January 9
Updates January 8
Updates January 2-5
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