ICADS & Eckerd College: Celebrating 36 Years of Partnership
I don’t remember exactly when I first heard about ICADS. It was sometime in the late 1980s, shortly after ICADS was founded. I was working on my PhD dissertation on the Central American Peace Process at the University of Massachusetts–Amherst, and a contact I had in Amherst shared a flyer with me on an exciting […]
Adjusting Expectations: There’s Nothing like ICADS
When I think back to my expectations going into my study abroad, it puts a smile on my face. At the time, I wanted to challenge myself to see if I could leave my comfort zone and live in Costa Rica. I wanted to gain knowledge and perspectives, improve my Spanish, and meet new people, […]
Introducing the ICADS Staff Internship
At ICADS, we believe in the power of experience followed by critical reflection. It is something that those of us on staff are challenged by and enjoy as well. Students that participate in our programs are often opened up to new perspectives from which to consider the world around them and their place in it. […]
Initiative to Help Elmer Write his Next Book Kicks Off
I know Elmer has touched so many of our lives with his story, his art, and his friendship. Trying to navigate the topic of poverty and it’s “day to day” reality is a consistently difficult conversation at ICADS and in groups of caring people. Elmer has written this letter as a petition for our help […]
How to Choose the Perfect Study Abroad Program
Esther Kang is an undergraduate student at Scripps College majoring in human biology on the pre-health track. Aside from her passions to improve access to healthcare and higher education, she collects and sells secondhand clothing online, as well as going to the beach at sunset. – She will be writing weekly blogs from her perspective […]
Let’s talk finances (and logistics)
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Celebrating Professor Carmen Hutchinson Miller and the publication of her recent book:
As any ICADS student knows, Carmen Hutchinson Miller is one of our outstanding guest lecturers at Icads. Every time she visits us, she challenges us to reflect, critically, on the origins of Afro culture in the context of the recognition of a multiethnic and pluricultural Costa Rica, and in that exercise she confronts us with […]
Making the most out of your time and opportunities
Time will probably fly by when you’re studying abroad.
One day, you’re settling into your classes and the area, and next thing you know, you’re saying your farewells to the those who shaped your experiences the most.
Sound familiar?
Celebrando a la profesora Carmen Hutchinson Miller y la publicación de su reciente libro
Como cualquier estudiante de ICADS sabe, Carmen Hutchinson Miller es una de nuestras destacadas profesoras invitadas en Icads. Cada vez que ella nos visita nos plantea el reto de reflexionar, de manera crítica, acerca de los orígenes de la cultura afro en el contexto del reconocimiento de una Costa Rica multiétnica y pluricultural, y en ese ejercicio nos confronta con la cultura “vallecentralista” que en general e incluso de forma xenofóbica, hemos asumido los costarricenses. Este año ella publico un libro nuevo contemplando el mes de la afrodecendencia en Costa Rica con un enfoque en Marcus Garvey. Como ya saben el Día de la Persona Negra y la Cultura Afrocostarricense se celebra en 31 de agosto.
Choosing, Pursuing, and Reflecting on my Four-Week Summer Internship
¡Hola! It’s Esther again here to share more about my experience studying abroad in Costa Rica. Today, I’ll be talking all about my internship experience as a part of the Pitzer Costa Rica Summer Health program at ICADS, where I interned at one of the many public primary care clinics in Costa Rica!