To: Don Degraaf, Director of Off-Campus Programs
Petition for Honduras 2020
Sign the petition in order for students to have the opportunity to go to Honduras in the Spring of 2020.
Why is this important?
Hola!
My name is Angelica Garcia-Cruces and as perhaps many of you may know, there will not be a Honduras trip in the Spring of 2020. When I first heard this, I was very disappointed because I not only was looking forward to this trip and wonderful experience to be in Central America, but it also was the trip that fit best into my schedule in order to receive a Spanish Major. As someone in the education program, finding time to fit study abroad trips in my schedule is quite difficult and the trip to Honduras is what I have been planning on. Also, as a Latino student, getting to travel abroad to a country in Latin America is very important to me because it allows me to learn more about the culture of my neighbors in Honduras, to speak Spanish that is similar to the Spanish spoken in the United States (which are the primary people that I will be speaking Spanish with in my job and day to day life), and I have heard that it is one of the study abroad trips with a higher retention rate of the Spanish language than one like Spain. Having to do a semester in Spain is not only more expensive but it also does not allow me to experience Latin American culture which is something that is important to me and many others. If you feel the way I do and would like to go abroad to Honduras in 2020 please sign the petition, I am creating to send to the Director of Off-Campus Programs that may help us get the program back. If you have friends who might be interested in this petition, please send it to them if you would like to. Thank you!
Bendiciones,
Angelica Garcia-Cruces
My name is Angelica Garcia-Cruces and as perhaps many of you may know, there will not be a Honduras trip in the Spring of 2020. When I first heard this, I was very disappointed because I not only was looking forward to this trip and wonderful experience to be in Central America, but it also was the trip that fit best into my schedule in order to receive a Spanish Major. As someone in the education program, finding time to fit study abroad trips in my schedule is quite difficult and the trip to Honduras is what I have been planning on. Also, as a Latino student, getting to travel abroad to a country in Latin America is very important to me because it allows me to learn more about the culture of my neighbors in Honduras, to speak Spanish that is similar to the Spanish spoken in the United States (which are the primary people that I will be speaking Spanish with in my job and day to day life), and I have heard that it is one of the study abroad trips with a higher retention rate of the Spanish language than one like Spain. Having to do a semester in Spain is not only more expensive but it also does not allow me to experience Latin American culture which is something that is important to me and many others. If you feel the way I do and would like to go abroad to Honduras in 2020 please sign the petition, I am creating to send to the Director of Off-Campus Programs that may help us get the program back. If you have friends who might be interested in this petition, please send it to them if you would like to. Thank you!
Bendiciones,
Angelica Garcia-Cruces