Amherst College Global Education Blog
By Malva Wieck ’25, GEO Communications Intern I was standing in the middle of the Dubai airport, phone in one hand, overpriced coffee in the other. I had one final push to get to Zanzibar–the destination of my first study away program. Slightly frantic due to lack of sleep, I attempted to text my parents that I had landed
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Hi everyone! My name is Maddie, and I’m a first-semester junior from Oakland, California currently studying Spanish. This spring, I’m going to be studying abroad in Ecuador with the USFQ Galápagos Semester Program. I’m so excited to be embarking on this journey and to have the opportunity to learn more about our environment/how we can work to protect it! Thanks
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“I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rainforest. Now, I realize I am fighting for humanity” – Chico Mendes (Brazilian rubber tapper and activist). As a part of my program, I got the incredible privilege of visiting a portion of the Amazon Rainforest located on the eastern border of Ecuador during my second month of classes. When I
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“Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails” – George Carlin (American actor). Vasula melones is a small species of marine whelk (carnivorous snail) that resides along the coasts of México, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, and the Galápagos Islands.1 It can be found in and around the intertidal zone of these regions, where the waves crash
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“Anybody who’s been to Ecuador wants to go back because it’s beautiful out there” – Michael Steger (American actor). Unlike Amherst which ended its winter break in early February, my program in Ecuador began in early January, meaning I had just two weeks in between the end of my studies in Spain and when I would have to depart for
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Hi everyone, and welcome to the second installment of my sustainability blogging series—this time, though, coming to you from South America! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Madeline “Maddie” Hahm, and I am currently a senior at Amherst studying Spanish Language and Culture. In order to fulfill some of my major requirements and also finally
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Hola todxs. I hope everyone’s been enjoying their summer vacation and taking time to rest before the school year starts all over again. I’m currently wrapping up my semester here in Chile which has been a very bittersweet feeling. On the one hand, I’m ready to return to my family and friends, but on the other hand, I’m very sad
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Hi everyone, I hope that everyone is enjoying their summer. It has been a very long minute since I’ve uploaded a blog post; however, I’ve experienced many, not-so-great things in Chile this past month which have forced me to pause my study abroad experience, take care of my mental health and adapt once again to Chile. (I may dedicate my
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Hi everyone! My name is Maddie, and I’m a first-semester junior from Oakland, California currently studying Spanish. This fall, I’m going to be studying abroad in Madrid, Spain (and then Ecuador in the spring)! While in Europe, I’ll be participating in the Middlebury Language Exchange Program and living with a host family. Hopefully, this will enable me to finally progress
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¡Mari mari kom pu che! Hello, everyone! The greeting, or chaliwün, I used in this blog post is in Mapudungun, the language of the Mapuche peoples in Chile. I am currently taking a class in Mapuche Culture and Language and am using any chance I can get to practice the newly learned vocabulary. I took this class because it’s important
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