Erin Eckerd Spending Spring 2014 Semester in Spain

2014 Jan 24

Erin E. Eckerd of Mechanicsburg, Pa., is spending the spring 2014 semester in an academic program in Spain.

This program offers students in any major the opportunity to participate in a total immersion cultural experience. Valladolid, the largest regional capital in Europe, is located about 100 miles northwest of Madrid. It is famous for the purity of its spoken "Castellano," or Castilian Spanish. The program is located at the Universitas Castellae, a private institution dedicated to teaching the Spanish language to university students from other countries.

Eckerd is a member of the Lebanon Valley College Class of 2016, and is pursuing a bachelor of arts in international studies. Eckerd is a graduate of Cumberland Valley High School.

Some of the 16 LVC students studying off campus this semester are sharing their adventure at the Study Abroad Blog at http://www2.lvc.edu/study-abroad.