ETSU Students eligible for scholarships to $2500. Applications still being accepted for both courses.

Announcing Special Courses for Summer 2009

Tropical Botany in Ecuador BIOL 4956/5956 STA

Spanish Language in Ecuador SPAN 4956/5956 STA

June 8-July 10, 2009

(Summer Session 1)

Mt. Chimborazo, Ecuador. 20,230 ft.

Travel cost: $2000 + airfare to Quito. This includes all meals, lodging, and travel within

Ecuador for four weeks.

Undergraduates with 2.75 min. GPA are eligible for $2500 scholarship for these

study abroad courses!

For Information Contact:

Dr. McDowell mcdowelt@etsu.edu or

Dr. Mwinyelle mwinyell@etsu.edu

Bomarea multiflora, a tropical vine.

Tropical Botany

Taught by Dr. Tim McDowell, ETSU Department of Biological Sciences

One month in Ecuador. 3 credit hours.

Travel to high Andes "paramo",

Amazon rain forests, Pacific coastal mangroves, cloud forest, desert, and a

petrified forest.

Conduct plant surveys & make herbarium collections in field sites.

Learn about tropical food and medicinal

plants.

Study and travel with a group of Ecuadorian biology students.

Spanish Language and Latin American Culture

Taught by Dr. Jerome Mwinyelle, ETSU Department of Foreign Languages

For students enrolled Tropical Botany

course. One month in Ecuador. 3 credit hours.

For beginning or advanced Spanish.

Learn Spanish as you travel and study

plants with Ecuadorian students.

See museums, markets, farms, universities, cathedrals and gardens.

Explore Quito, Guaranda, and other cities and towns across Ecuador.

Cathedral park in Guaranda, Ecuador,

Sister CIty to Johnson City since 1964.