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Beyond the more obvious muscial conributions to the world, such as tango greats like Carlos Gardel and the traditional folkloric music of Mercedes Sosa, Argentina has produced some of the most important artists in Latin America, especially in the genre called Rock Nacional. Throughout the 80s, 90s and 2000s, rock from Argentina has been hugely […]

Here it is – your Mandarin Chinese survival guide! Tried and tested by my international friends and our interns here – a list of what you need to know besides the customary ni hao (hello) and xie xie (thank you) to make your life in China a lot easier. Food Related: 牛肉炒饭 Niu rou chao […]

For those of us in North America, college graduation weekend is a time for fancy dinners with family, outdoor parties, presents and cakes with the words “Congrats Grad!” written on them. There may or may not be metallic balloons involved: We take for granted that we should be rewarded with nice and pleasant experiences after […]

Next month sees team members Steven Levy and Eimear Costigan packing their bags for Berkeley, California and the Global Internship Conference. Connect-123 will be exhibiting at the 3 day event, which brings together experiential education professionals, academics, internship coordinators, and internship program service providers from around the globe. We’re excited to see that many of […]

So, you’re finally back home after months filled with fantastic adventures, great memories, and newly made friends. But no matter how much you try, you struggle to find the words to describe your internship experience to your friends and family back home – there are just too many memories and new experiences. If friends and […]

If you’ve ever taken a foreign language class, you’ve probably learned about the most deceitful words in any second language: the dreaded false friend. These particular words are especially treacherous because they seem like words you know in your first language, but in another language they mean something very different – and sometimes quite embarrassing. […]

Michael Volz, Scholarship Finalist

Public and Environmental Health in Barcelona: Exploring Disparity Over the course of 8 weeks I had the privilege of working in the community of Bello Horizonte, Peru to construct a regional health clinic. During my first day at the work site I noticed two things. The first was that all around me were signs of […]

Corinna Espino, Scholarship Finalist

Human rights and forced migration are areas that have become of increasing interest to me over the past few years and lead me to spend one year volunteering on the Thai/Burma border with Burmese human rights groups. During this period Burma had its first election in 20 years, though one that failed to meet international […]