spotlight on honors

Honors Students Abroad

Brittany - San Jose, Costa Rica

Sophomore, Legal Studies Major

JANUARY 2013

For the Honors Program, I chose to opt for the language minor to get my extra honors credits necessary to graduate.  I am currently a Spanish minor, but will be changing that to a major when returning to ISU next fall.  I had originally wanted to go to Spain, but decided against that once I heard a lot of good things about the program I am currently enrolled in here.  So, here I am in Costa Rica.  It has been one of the most amazing experiences of my life and I have only been here a month so far.  I am glad that I took the risk and come abroad for a whole semester.  I have done many firsts on this trips and I continue to test my limits and do something new every day.  It is awesome to be able to learn the language from a first-hand perspective.  I use the language every day in and out of class and I have already seen an improvement after a month.  I have been able to volunteer at an orphanage, go to the beach, see a volcano, visit a coffee plantation, and so many other things that I can’t list them all.

This picture above is a lookout point I went to close to Puerto Viejo.

The photos below are from La Paz Waterfall Gardens where I saw waterfalls, held toucans, butterflies, and saw animals.

The sunsets of Tamarindo Beach

For more information about studying abroad, please visit ISU's Study Abroad website or contact Janis Halpern, Study Abroad Program Director, at (812) 237-3427 or Janis.Halpern@indstate.edu.