EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN ANDEAN ECUADOR (GLBL 298) 
This newly expanded course for UIUC undergraduates offers 6 weeks in Ecuador over the summer and 6 credit hours awarded in the spring. The course includes theoretical explorations of development and education, an ethnographic field school, and service learning abroad. The course begins in the second half of the spring semester with a theoretical and practical orientation led by Prof. Kate Grim-Feinberg, who specializes in elementary education in the Andes. While abroad, students engage in service learning by creating and conducting a month-long summer enrichment experience for children in the small, lower income community of Lumbisí, just outside of Quito. Students also conduct ethnographic inquiry projects guided by anthropologist Julie Williams, professor at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito. Students spend 6 weeks in Lumbisí and live with families in the community. Some knowledge of Spanish is highly recommended but not required. Contact Prof. Kate Grim-Feinberg kgrimfe2@illinois.edu with questions.
Dates abroad: June 29-August 9, 2014
Information Sessions:
Dates: Mon, Feb 10 and Wed, Feb 26
Time: 4-5 pm
Location: 200 International Studies Building
Application deadline: March 1, 2014.
For more information and to apply for the course through the Study Abroad Office, go to https://app.studyabroad.illinois.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10825
Environment and Society in a Changing Arctic
Spend your summer in the land of the midnight sun: Stockholm, Sweden, and the Arctic Circle. In this intensive six-week course—for science and non-science students—discover how climate change is altering one of the world’s great wildernesses and then conduct research that will help map a sustainable future.
Contact: Jonathan Tomkin and Alison Anders
Dates abroad: June 2-July 14
Deadline: February 15, 2014
Migration: Nomadism, Civility and Settlement
Study contemporary migration in Pavia, Italy, through a historical lens to appreciate the complex relationship between residents and newcomers. Gain a critical understanding of the power of narratives and the representation of others as we meet migrant communities, activists, and local students.
Dates abroad: May 22-June 4
Contact: Emanuel Rota or Eleonora Stoppino
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