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Tag: Wellesley College

Attending Wellesley, an All-Women’s College

January 9, 2019 Leave a comment
large brick building with blue sky in background

Seeing the Stars Imagine you go outside after you’ve left your well-lit house. You look up and all you see is a black sky. However, your eyes start to adjust to the lack of surrounding light and your vision starts to change. Slowly, you observe these specks of light that become brighter as you stay outside. And finally, after a

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  • Emily in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA

The Lingering “What If”

October 29, 2018 Leave a comment
Emily with her older sister and mom, who both graduated from Wellesley

When I was deciding where to go to college, I had the choice between two schools. One place was my mom and sister’s alma mater; it was a place I had visited multiple times before and it was nearby Boston, a city I had always wanted to live in. The other place was a wildcard: no one in my family

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  • Emily in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA

First Impressions

October 2, 2018 Leave a comment
Emily kayaking

Hello from the very far away town of Wellesley, Massachusetts! It’s my 5th week here at Wellesley, and I can’t believe it’s already Fall! The campus is surrounded by trees, and I’m really excited to see the leaves change color. On first impressions, Wellesley isn’t that different from Amherst. Class sizes are around 600 students. Majority of students live in

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  • Emily in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA

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An Interview with the Chaolei People of Southern Thailand

June 15, 2022 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

Now, we enter the final course of the sustainable development studies curriculum: Oceans. On campus, we took one week to learn about fishing regulations, sea grass, and more. Then, we took two and a half weeks in Southern Thailand. We stayed at two fishing villages, one of them all Muslim, and went camping on beautiful islands close to Malaysia.   

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A Photo Journey: Learning About Sustainability in the Forests of Northern Thailand

May 4, 2022 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

A text version of the first three photos can be accessed here.                                                                                

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A Look at “Apropiacionismo Cultural” in Santiago, Chile

March 31, 2022 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

¡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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Living & Learning in Maetha: An Environmental Movement Prioritizing Human Health

March 23, 2022 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

Hello! As Thailand begins moving into summer, my time here is approaching the halfway point. Here in Chiang Mai, the burning season has arrived, where nearby farmers burn their old fields. Luckily, I have not noticed any increase in smoky air yet.  What I have noticed is how hot it has gotten. When I walk out on the street, it

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