Study Abroad
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Trip Ideas
- Where to Go
- The Best of Nicaragua
- Nicaragua’s Best Surfing
- Hiking Nicaragua’s Ring of Fire
- Nicaraguan Arts & Crafts
- Nicaragua’s Great Green North
- Sportfishing in Nicaragua
- Down the Río San Juan
- Nicaragua’s Celebrations & Fiestas
- Volunteering in Nicaragua
- Diving & Snorkeling in Nicaragua
- Managua’s Revolutionary Driving Tour
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There are a few possibilities for spending a summer, semester, or extended internship in Nicaragua. Programs range from biological fieldwork at remote research stations to language training and social justice programs. You’ll find additional listings at www.studyabroad.com.
School for International Training has been running a semester program in Managua for years, entitled “Revolution, Transformation, and Civil Society” (U.S. tel. 888/272-7881, www.sit.edu).
World Leadership School (www.worldleadershipschool.org), based in Denver, Colorado, has extensive experience with international travel, leadership training, and managing student groups overseas and sometimes offers trips for teens in Nicaragua.
On La Isla de Ometepe, near the village of San Ramón Estación Biológica de Ometepe (www.lasuerte.org) is a biological field station frequented by student groups and researchers from all over the world.
At the Mariposa Eco-Hotel and Spanish School (www.spanishschoolnica.com), the owner Paulette Goudge, PhD, offers a three-month course in the “Politics of Development.”
© Randall Wood & Joshua Berman from Moon Nicaragua, 4th Edition
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