Studying Latin America at Home

Studying Latin America at Home | February 25, 2014

By Samantha Ruggiero ’14 (CLAS)

UConn Today

By the time Aaron Dion enrolled as a junior at UConn this past fall, he had already traveled to eight different countries across South America and Europe, and had spent a year living in Chile.

A transfer student from Manchester Community College, he originally decided to come to UConn because of the wide range of study abroad opportunities. But after speaking with assistant professor-in-residence Anne Gebelein, the assistant director of El Instituto, he realized that UConn’s Latin American Studies major would also provide him with the tools he needs for his future. More…