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Marina Ivanova ’06 chronicles her Prague experience online
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| Marina Ivanova ’06 |
One click of the mouse from the CC Web site can take you straight to medieval Prague, seen through the eyes of Slavic studies major Marina Ivanova ’06.
Ivanova, a participant in this semester’s Study Away, Teach Away (SATA) program in the Czech Republic, is writing about her experience in the College’s first “Web log,” or blog. A blog is an online diary posted in real time.
Ivanova began her postings March 4. Readers are encouraged to submit comments and participate in an online discussion.
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| Professor Eva Eckert |
Ivanova was born and raised in Bulgaria and has returned to Europe for the first time since leaving her native country in 1996. In addition to her own reflections, she will post comments from the other CC students while they live and study in Prague.
A SATA group typically is composed of 10-20 students and is led by one or two faculty members. The groups interact with local communities as part of their studies. CC professors and students have traveled to Greece, India, Italy, Mexico, Peru, South Africa and Vietnam.
Professor of Slavic studies Eva Eckert, who is also the department chair, heads this year’s SATA Prague with 10 students. CC students previously studied there in 1999 and 2002. It’s a city, Eckert says, that is “not easily assimilated by Americans.”
Eckert is a native of Prague and will offer her postings, too. Her two daughters are there with her; her 17-year-old is helping with the students’ assimilation to the city, and her youngest is attending elementary school.