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Botswana: University Immersion in Southern Africa

Gaborone, Botswana

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Echoes of Rural Africa Reverberate in Professor's Teaching Echoes of Rural Africa Reverberate in Professor's Teaching Aug 4, 2011
Macalester geographer Bill Moseley's early experiences working with farmers in Mali influenced the teaching style he will bring to the spring 2012 Botswana Program.
Tempting, Astounding, Challenging – Read All About It in the ACM Student Blogs Tempting, Astounding, Challenging – Read All About It in the ACM Student Blogs Sep 24, 2010
With words and photos, and in their distinctive voices, Global Ambassadors offer unfiltered views of their off-campus study experiences around the world.
Looking at Infectious Diseases from Biological and Public Health Perspectives Looking at Infectious Diseases from Biological and Public Health Perspectives Feb 26, 2010
As Director of the ACM Botswana Program, biology professor Phoebe Lostroh will bring an interdisciplinary approach – including a healthy dose of science – to studying three major diseases.
Portraying the Journey of Life Portraying the Journey of Life Dec 16, 2009
Encounters with people, cultures, history, and the physical environment are among the experiences chronicled in the prize-winning photos from the 2009-10 ACM Off-Campus Study Photo Contest.
Lions and Hippos and Stars (Oh, My!) Lions and Hippos and Stars (Oh, My!) Mar 27, 2009
Botswana Program Director Todd Knoop tells tales of the program's safari in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, one of the largest in the world.
Excitement of Off-Campus Study Reflected in Students' Photos Excitement of Off-Campus Study Reflected in Students' Photos Jan 30, 2009
As part of the 50th Anniversary celebration, ACM sponsored the Off-Campus Study Photo Contest, inviting students to share the images and impressions they gathered from studying around the world.

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Katie Nicholson The ACM Botswana program introduced me to challenges I could never have imagined facing while living in the United States. However, it was the challenges of living each day in Botswana that allowed me to become more confident and self-aware. I walked away from my experience with a greater appreciation for my own culture, as well as an appreciation for the culture of the Motswana I interacted with each day. Going to Botswana was the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. The friends I made and the memories I created will carry with me for the rest of my life.

—Katie Nicholson, Botswana, Spring 2011

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