By Hillary Harder On Sunday, July 26, our students returned to Quito from their service communities and we began our final retreat together! The afternoon was full of joyful reunions as each student arrived at our Quito home, la Casa…
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Research: Smoke and Swallows and Ants!
Mar 02 2022
Tuesday March 1, 2022 
Today was our first day of collecting data for our individual research projects. Mira is working on bird responses to smoke with Alex while Willow, Amelia, Jesper, and I are working on counting ants as an evacuation response to bucket burning. From this data we hope to gain insight on evacuation rates of RRB and BBR ants in response to smoke in the air. Then in the evening we took our sundowner to Baboon Cliffs. Unfortunately, the drought in the region inhibited us from seeing any water but we were still able to explore on foot to see some amazing views from the edge of the cliffs. On our way back we found a new friend to add to our species list though the first of its kind with so many legs!
– Annalise Nisly
Study AbroadFinal retreat in Ecuador
Study AbroadLife on the ward
By Dayanara Aguirre-Mulato During my service placement at the municipal Centro Médico in Riobamba, I had the privilege to be able to work alongside other nurses. Day to day each patient comes in to register for their appointment and I…
Study AbroadService visits: opportunities for connection in Ecuador’s “provincias”
By Hillary Harder During the Service term, leaders have the privilege of traveling to visit each student at the home and volunteer assignment where they are spending their time during the second half of SST. For us, that meant traveling…