Eating traditional food during homestay. OTS South Africa Summer Program.
Children from my homestay village getting excited to have their picture taken. OTS South Africa Summer Program.
Learning how to make pap, a traditional porridge, during homestay on the OTS South Africa Summer Study Abroad program.
Pictured: OTS South Africa Summer Study Abroad participants, translator and homestay host mom.
Duke Students on OTS South Africa Summer Study Abroad trip.
Group photo at Tshulu Camp, HaMakuya, South Africa
Dear Global Education Office:
Part of my summer experience at Costa Rica involved introductory hikes to each new site we visited. This picture was taken in the Cloud Forest at Monteverde Research Station. While there, we learned all about the ecology of the rain forest. The tree I am standing beside…
Dear Global Education Office:
The Tropical Biology Spring 2012 is a life changing experience. I've being able to visit wonderful places. I've grown as a person and as a biologist, learning all that I can from each experience.
This picture was taken in "El Paramo", Cerro de la Muerte, Costa Rica.…
Dear Global Education Office:
Hola from Costa Rica! We have one week remaining in the Duke/Organization for Tropical Studies Global Health program. Over the past 13 weeks, I have learned about the biological and sociocultural basis behind tropical diseases, the socioeconomic factors that affect global health, the benefits of well-managed ecosystems…
Dear Global Education Office:
I had a fantastic opportunity when I traveled to South Africa to study global health. Prior to this trip, I had absolutely no idea what I was going to do after graduating from Duke. Visiting hospitals and seeing health clinics in rural areas had a huge impact…
Blue Jeans, Dart Frogs (La Selva, Costa Rica)
Dear Global Education Office:
These brightly-colored dart frogs are representative of the innumerable surprises you can find in the majestic primary forests of La Selva, an OTS biological station in northern Costa Rica. This station is one of the many destinations…
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Class in the forest!
The Duke/OTS Costa Rica Tropical Biology semester was truly special in that it allowed us to have classes in the middle of the biology we were studying! Here we are in Monteverde learning about gap dynamics.
-Joellen Anderson, Occidental College