Kattya Palacios to Study Away in Valladolid, Spain This Fall

2016 Jul 28

Kattya Palacios of Lebanon, Pa., is one of 30 Lebanon Valley College students who will participate in an immersive experience by studying away during the Fall 2016 semester. Palacios will be studying in Valladolid, Spain.

This program offers students in any major who have completed coursework in Spanish at the intermediate-level plus one advanced Spanish course, 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.

Palacios, a graduate of Lebanon High School, is pursuing a bachelor of science in health science at The Valley.

LVC offers full-semester programs in 11 countries as well as several short-term international programs. By the time they graduate, 20 percent of LVC students will have lived and studied in another country.

Learn more at www.lvc.edu/study-abroad/.