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A view from the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica (photo: instructor Jacob Suissa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For some CALS students, winter break was spent hard at work while immersed in travel study courses in St. Lucia and Costa Rica. See scenes from their travels.<\/p>\n

Students in CDAE 187 Community Development in St. Lucia began working with the St. Lucian government and community partners last fall to help assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals and households.<\/p>\n

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Students meeting with St. Lucia Consumer Affairs Department staff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Students in PBIO 232: Plant Systematics in Costa Rica spent two weeks studying the biodiversity and evolution of tropical plants.<\/p>\n

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Here they explore the Costa Rican dry forest at the Lomas de Barbudal Biological Reserve. (Photo: Jacob Suissa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Students botanizing the famous cloud forest of Monteverde, Costa Rica – a unique ecosystem and hotbed of biodiversity. (Photo: Jacob Suissa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For some CALS students, winter break was spent hard at work while immersed in travel study courses in St. Lucia and Costa Rica. 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