by mls035 | Jan 25, 2018 | India, Uncategorized
Despite only four hours of sleep and some powerful jet lag, our experiential learning study abroad program in Indian agriculture wasted no time on our first day in country. We loaded the bus early in the morning for a cultural visit to Qutub Minar, a UNESCO World...
by mvtipton | Jan 25, 2018 | India, Uncategorized
In addition to the previous post I have done for the university of New Delhi, I would like to show the videos described in my previous post! These two wonderful hosts shared with us their thoughts an opinions about the school and all future scientists. When you click...
by dkbarret | Jan 24, 2018 | Faculty-Led, India
In the community of Dayalbagh, the people go far above the average PTA meeting. Every morning, community volunteers, ranging in age from three months to ninety years, come and work in the fields of a local university pulling weeds and tending to crops. They work for...
by holly | Jan 24, 2018 | India
While in India, we had a unique opportunity to tour a sugar mill that was established over 85 years ago in 1932. The sugar mill is one of the largest of the 30 in the area, intaking 13,500 tons of sugarcane a day from roughly 40,000 farmers up to 50 km away. Fifty...
by jetalley | Jan 24, 2018 | Faculty-Led, India
Sheroes Hangout is a café run by acid attack survivors and spearheaded by the Stop Acid Attacks campaign. The café serves food and drinks all day, hosts various events and parties, and has a wall of fully stocked bookshelves for visitors to read. Everyone ordered warm...
by jetalley | Jan 24, 2018 | Faculty-Led, India
https://ipo.uark.edu/files/2018/01/IMG_8173Trim-21p6ybm.mp4 On the morning of January 7th, we began the day with a short drive to Pushkar to visit a rose processing factory. Upon arrival we were greeted with a drumbeat welcome and a shower of flower petals like we’d...
