J-term classrooms go global
In this episode of Viking Reflections, three Augustana students share about their study abroad experiences in Austria, Ecuador and Costa Rica during J-term. Listen to their stories.
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J-term travel goes carbon neutral
Donations help preserve and protect Guatemalan rainforest
In the upcoming J-term, all study abroad travel will be carbon neutral for the second consecutive year.
The project was implemented in January 2023, when a study-abroad environmental culture class used online carbon emissions calculators to determine how much carbon was being emitted
Students gain new experiences through spring break study abroad
Three student groups ventured across the Atlantic Ocean to Scotland, London and Greece for out-of-the-classroom learning experiences during spring break.
Despite varying educational goals for each trip, the study abroad courses brought together people from different walks of life and introduced them to new cultures and educational subjects.
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Students share stories from J-term study abroad
In one part of the world, Augustana students and faculty exit an airport past midnight to find a dusting of snow before them. They walk, as snowflakes fall, through the quiet streets of Oslo, Norway.
In another part of the world, students weave between stones on the rocky shores of
Travel abroad students share experience, advice
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, students have been limited in study abroad opportunities. Over the past year though, limitations on traveling have decreased, and the world is beginning to open up to tourists again.
“Spring semester still had vaccine requirements, negative COVID tests for some locations, some locations