I participated in Professor
Alberto Saal's Global Tectonics
class, which was funded
through the GELT grant--
global, experiential,
learning, and teaching.
And with that grant, we were
able to travel to Argentina
over the winter break.
What drew me to the
class was that I'm
a double concentrator in
geology and Hispanic studies.
I love learning in
both of these fields
so when I heard about
this opportunity
to do something at the
intersection of them,
I knew it would
be perfect for me.
Professor Saal is
Argentine himself,
so it was a fantastic
chance to learn
about this area of the world
from somebody who's an expert.
The experiential component
of the class was everything.
It was by far the most powerful
reason that I loved it.
Geologists love
being in the field.
That's what we like
to do the most.
And actually being
there in the flesh
and being able to
see, and touch,
and climb all over
these rock formations
that we had read about
for the past semester,
allowed us to take ownership
of our own learning.
