A group of 16 Meredith students, led by Assistant Professor of Biology Erin Lindquist and her husband Marcelo Ardon, spend May 17 through June 8 in Costa Rica, studying biology and Spanish.

This Costa Rican adventure will start with a five-day trip to the Cabo Blanco Absolute Reserve on the Pacific Coast where students will see and learn about the biological diversity living in intertidal and reef marine habitats.

The program’s base, at the foot of the Monteverde Cloud Forest, is Ecolodge San Luis – a biological research station run by the University of Georgia. At the Ecolodge, students will participate in academic activities throughout the day either while hiking on one of the many rugged trails on the property or listening to a lecture and participating in a discussion in the open-air classroom.

The group will also spend full days in Monteverde exploring the Cloud Forest and visiting other tourist destinations. Everyone will have the opportunity to conduct independent research on a topic of interest either in the cloud forest or out in the local community.

While they are in Costa Rica, Meredith students will send reflections in a journal format, as possible. Check back often to see where they are and what they are doing.