Category: International Center for Development Studies

Please note that this is a retired Drexel study abroad program. To learn more about available programs, contact Drexel Global studyabroad@drexel.edu. The rest of the trip was far less depressing and actually quite inspiring. Friday morning we awoke bright and early to make our way to Masaya Volcano! It was my first time ever visiting a ...

Please note that this is a retired Drexel study abroad program. To learn more about available programs, contact Drexel Global studyabroad@drexel.edu. Let’s address the white rhino in the room… This post might be more appropriately named “Program Shock,” but we’ll just go with Culture Shock for now. Even though we only have about four weeks left ...

Please note that this is a retired Drexel study abroad program. To learn more about available programs, contact Drexel Global studyabroad@drexel.edu. Culture shock is 100% real and if anyone has told you that when in a foreign country they haven’t felt SOME form of anxiety or frustration during their stay, they’re either lying to you or ...

Please note that this is a retired Drexel study abroad program. To learn more about available programs, contact Drexel Global studyabroad@drexel.edu. This week has been kind of all over the place, for lack of a better term. On Tuesday, due to teachers’ schedules, we had a 4 hour Human Rights class. During which, for all 4 ...

Please note that this is a retired Drexel study abroad program. To learn more about available programs, contact Drexel Global studyabroad@drexel.edu. Surprise, surprise… This past weekend, my friends and I ventured out to yet another precious beach town – Puerto Viejo. Because of my coop, I was unable to attend our program’s orientation (which, in retrospect, ...

Please note that this is a retired Drexel study abroad program. To learn more about available programs, contact Drexel Global studyabroad@drexel.edu. Today, thanks to conflicting professor schedules, we were scheduled to have a 4 hour lecture for our Sustainable Development in Costa Rica class. Our professor, thankfully, opted to take the class on a tour of ...

Please note that this is a retired Drexel study abroad program. To learn more about available programs, contact Drexel Global studyabroad@drexel.edu. So, today marks exactly ONE MONTH that I have been living la vida tica, more commonly known as la pura vida! It has been both challenging and rewarding, frustrating and enlightening for many, many reasons. ...

Please note that this is a retired Drexel study abroad program. To learn more about available programs, contact Drexel Global studyabroad@drexel.edu. So recently in my Community Engagement class we were discussing some large differences between Costa Rican culture and that of the United States. One glaring example is that of the differences between the ways in ...

Please note that this is a retired Drexel study abroad program. To learn more about available programs, contact Drexel Global studyabroad@drexel.edu. This past weekend, several friends and I decided to take the journey to one of the most beautiful beaches in Costa Rica – or so we heard. Montezuma is located on the southernmost point of ...