Students extend learning via hands-on work in Mexico
Students taking part in an extended study course in Mexico are soaking up information during guided tours through museums and ancient ruins while producing data of their own as they conduct field work for Colgate professor Anthony Aveni.
The 11 students have already visited Mexico City's National Museum of Anthropology and History and the ruins of Teotihuacán, Tenochtitlan, as well as other sites.
They also have started survey work near the ruins that is focusing on embedded stones that were placed in 16th century colonial churches.
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Summer break turns into jam-packed learning experience
Spend three weeks in Japan as part of a Colgate extended study course that provides you with access and interactions that no tourist could begin to imagine.
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Fly home to Utah, spend one jet-lagged day asleep, and then drive to Colgate, passing through the flooded cities of Iowa on the way.
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