Hankins said that in addition to learning about teamwork and trust in business, he also learned about friendship. The kids in my group turned out to be some of my best friends, he said. The Earth, Life, and Time program has an extraordinary field trip planned for this summer to the Galapagos Islands. In addition to the ten-day expedition in the Galapagos Islands, the students will partake in four weeks of lectures and discussions. The expedition is sponsored by the Department of Geology in a three-credit course called Field Studies of the Natural History of the Galapagos.
Students are also responsible for independent projects due at the end of the four weeks.
Travel and activities are planned from June 6 to June 15 within the Galapagos Archipelago, located northwest off the Pacific coast of Ecuador. This will be the University of Maryland s first study abroad trip to the Galapagos Islands. Students will be able to take advantage of the area s diverse and unique wildlife that evolutionist Charles Darwin once described as the creative force behind the greatest mystery of all life. In 1831, Darwin began his historic five- year scientific expedition, departing first from the Pacific coast of South America. He traveled as far as New Zealand, and stayed mostly in the Southern Hemisphere.