Tag: January 2015
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The JanTerm Experience: “Ringmastering at Ringling Museum”
This year, I decided I wanted to do my first internship in my hometown of Sarasota, Florida. When most people hear the name “Sarasota,” they think of the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus. I was able to land an internship at the Ringling Museum’s Circus Archives department with the background experience I learned from working in Salem’s…
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The JanTerm Experience: “A Month Abroad in Costa Rica”
On January 3, we (Jenna Nodine and Jessica Habel) traveled through the private program, CISabroad, to San José, Costa Rica, to take an intensive Spanish course at Universidad Veritas for January term. We joined several hundred other students from the United States at the university. Veritas is a small arts school with approximately 1,850 Tico…
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The JanTerm Experience: “From Washington, D.C, with Love”
Prior to my arrival in Washington, D.C., I was so nervous and unsure of what to expect. I would be living in a house where I did not know anyone, and I would be working in a large city, which I have only toured a handful of times. Ironically enough, though, my fears were getting…
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The JanTerm Experience: “30 Days to Create”
I didn’t really know what I was getting into with this class, “30 Days to Create.” I didn’t like the sound of the other experimental Jan Term classes available to me, so I picked this one on a whim, having done so little research that I wasn’t even sure what I would be “creating” until…
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The JanTerm Experience: “From Monterrey, with Love”
My Name is Silvia Ayala and I am a junior at Salem. I have been given the opportunity to intern with Omicron Solutions in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico during January Term. I specifically wanted to intern here because I have family in Monterrey that I haven’t seen in quite some time. Fortunately, this specific company…
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