The worldwide Augustana College experience

Hey! My name is Angela Baumgartner, and I am beginning my senior year at Augustana. I am majoring in biology with an emphasis on molecular biology, with hopes to pursue biomedical research in graduate school. I just spent my summer in Houston, Texas participating in a wonderful internship with M.D. Anderson Cancer Center researching breast cancer. During my study abroad term I will be traveling to Ecuador, Peru, and Mexico, and I will be tackling the challenge of learning Spanish for the first time! I am very excited for this once in a lifetime experience and to tell you all about it!

Uhhh…No hablo español.

So sorry for going so long without a post!! I was having some technical difficulties, but everything seems to be back in order now. The following was intended to be posted Thursday, September 3rd.

Whirlwind …

A whirlwind.  That’s how I would describe these past couple days as I have been preparing to depart for Quito, Ecuador, the first stop on my Latin American adventure.  My head has been in some sort of foggy haze as I have been preparing for this trip for oh so many reasons. First of all, [...]