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Aug 4, 2011
Two weeks after graduating from Carleton College with a major in history, Bill Moseley was a newly-minted Peace Corps volunteer on his way to the arid, landlocked West African country of Mali.
Macalester College professor Bill Moseley on a trip to Mali in 2007.
Living in a small village, learning the local language – "Nobody else spoke my languages," he noted, "so if I wanted to eat, I had to learn it" – and working as an agricultural extension agent, Moseley discovered his passion for international development and for Africa. "I just fell in love with the way people were managing their resources under very difficult circumstances," he said.
Today, he's a professor of geography at Macalester College, but that early experience working alongside farmers in Mali still resonates across the years in his teaching and research.
In January, Moseley will return to Africa – as he has many times in the past two decades –when he serves as the Faculty Director of ACM's Botswana: University Immersion in Southern Africa program. Read more
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 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 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!) 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 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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- Newberry Seminar Participant Virginia Henry Receives 2011 Award for Outstanding Research Apr 25, 2011
- Two other finalists also honored for independent research projects they conducted on ACM off-campus study programs in Costa Rica and Tanzania.
- New Award Will Honor Students' Independent Research During Off-Campus Study Dec 15, 2010
- Annual award highlights outstanding research conducted by students on ACM programs.
- Botswana Program Students Present Their Independent Study Projects at Poster Session May 7, 2010
- Opportunity for participants to share their research results and get feedback from University of Botswana faculty and students.
- ACM Symposium Will Highlight Students' Research, Internships, and Experiences on Off-Campus Study Mar 19, 2010
- Students' presentations and panel discussions on April 16-17 will be streamed live on the ACM website.
- 2010-11 Off-Campus Study Program Prices Announced Feb 5, 2010
- The updated pricing for ACM's 2010-11 off-campus study programs has been approved and is now posted online.
- Gilman Scholarships Awarded to ACM Students for Study Abroad Feb 4, 2010
- Competitive grant program supports 18 students from nine ACM colleges for study in Botswana, China, Spain, Egypt, and ten other countries.
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