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Consistently, over 55 percent of Dartmouth undergraduate students participate on one or more academic off-campus programs before they graduate. Students returning to campus after participating in a program often speak of experiences that were academically and culturally rich as well as life changing.

FSP students in Tibet
“One of the best moments in the program took place while we were in Tibet,” says Visiting Lecturer in Chinese Fenru Shi. “We had just visited the Gandain Monastery, and the students were taking a break on the mountain to admire the view. Our tour guide handed us a long string of prayer flags, on which we wrote down the names of people whom we wished the heavens would bless. Before we hung the prayer flags, each of us held onto a flag while we took a group photo, the long string of red, yellow, blue, white, and green billowing in the breeze.” (Photo by Fenru Shi)
Longmen Caves, in Luoyang.
Longmen Caves, in Luoyang. (Photo by Fenru Shi)
One highlight of the Spanish LSA+ in Cusco, Peru, this fall was a trip to Lake Titicaca. “We visited the Uros floating islands and stayed one night with Aymara families on an island,” says Professor Silvia Spitta.
One highlight of the Spanish LSA+ in Cusco, Peru, this fall was a trip to Lake Titicaca. “We visited the Uros floating islands and stayed one night with Aymara families on an island,” says Professor Silvia Spitta. (Photo by Silvia Spitta)
“Cusco is a magical city that lies at over 10,000 feet,” says Spitta. “You cannot go anywhere without being aware of hundreds if not thousands of years of history.”
“Cusco is a magical city that lies at over 10,000 feet,” says Spitta. “You cannot go anywhere without being aware of hundreds if not thousands of years of history.” (Photo by Silvia Spitta)
Students on the religion department’s Edinburgh FSP, led by Associate Professor of Religion Kevin Reinhart, have enjoyed fieldtrips to early Christian sites.
Students on the religion department’s Edinburgh FSP, led by Associate Professor of Religion Kevin Reinhart, have enjoyed field trips to early Christian sites on the island of Ionia (shown), as well as to Rosslyn Chapel, Melrose Cathedral, Durham Cathedral, and Lindisfarne Island. (Photo by Kevin Reinhart)