Field Notes (Blog)
Noted on June 16, 2011 | By Giustina Pelosi in
Written by Elizabeth Cobarrubias: IE3 Scholarship Recipient and Oregon State University student interning with Child Family Health International (CFHI) in Ecuador
My experience in Ecuador was in credible, life changing one. To be able to say that I spent a term living in the extremely chaotic city of Quito, the rural jungle town of Puyo, and in the Ecuadorian Amazon alone feels unrealistic. I worked day shifts in clinics and in hospitals. In the evenings I would hangout with my friends I…
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Noted on June 13, 2011 | By Giustina Pelosi in
Written by Shandin Rikards: IE3 Scholarship Recipient and Oregon State University student interning with the Fulbright Educational Advising Center in Romania.
I studied abroad in the UK in my junior year at Oregon State University, and fell in love with Europe and with the field of International Education. As I started my fifth and final year as an undergrad, I knew that I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to go abroad as a student again, I knew that I wanted to return to Europe, and I knew that this time…
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Noted on June 9, 2011 | By Giustina Pelosi in
Written by Cadi Poile: IE3 Scholarship Recipient and University of Washington student interning with VANASTREE in India.
I struggle to summarize one month on the Subcontinent into a blog post, but will do my best.
Sirsi is a small town of 70,000 in the Western Ghats and has played host to agriculture for more than 10,000 years. Where better to learn about the connection between humans and their environment than a community that prides itself on being vegetarian, preserving Sacred Groves and Trees, and worshiping Animal Deities…
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Noted on June 6, 2011 | By Giustina Pelosi in
Written by Aaron Beerman: IE3 Scholarship Recipient and University of Oregon student interning with Cape Town Refugee Center in South Africa.
Cape Town draws tourists from all of over the world for a variety of reasons, including the spectacular views from Table Mountain, beautiful beaches, world renown vineyards, and the vibrant nightlife. However, there is one location that accords a special place on every tourist's "To Do List", and that is Robben Island. In fact, a sizable portion of visitors to Cape Town come simply to see Robben Island,…
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Noted on May 30, 2011 | By Giustina Pelosi in
By Megan Simpkins: University of Oregon student and IE3 intern working with Child Family Health International in Bolivia.
Well, after six flights, I am home!!!!!!!!!! Sad to leave some things in Bolivia, but happy to be back. I had about a 17 hour layover in La Paz before taking four flights to get home. To be honest, I don't even remember the first two flights because I have been so tired through most of them. I do know that when I arrived to the Tarija airport (early, mind you) that they didn't even have…
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