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Armed and ready with their lopping shears, a group of students from the University of Minnesota helps remove invasive wilding pines in New Zealand during an environmental issues short course through Globalinks Learning Abroad. Photo courtesy of Queenstown Resort College.
The Otago Daily Times this week is highlighting the volunteering efforts of 20 University of Minnesota students and an advisor participating in a three-week “Environmental Issues in New Zealand” course through GlobaLinks Learning Abroad.
The students, who started in late December in Auckland and ended in Queenstown in mid January, helped remove the invasive wilding pines, a nuisance weed in New Zealand. The students also attended various lectures from the department of conservation and participated in many activities such as the following:
1. Tiri Matangi Island with guided interpretative nature walk
2. Gloworm caves in Waitomo
3. Hikes near Rotorua in the parks
4. Arthur’s Pass walks with the department of conservation
5. Franz Josef Glaciers
6. Milford Sound Tour
7. Queenstown Resort College lectures and volunteer project
A group of students from the University of Minnesota during their three-week environmental issues short course in New Zealand. Photo courtesy of Queenstown Resort College.
For more details on the students’ volunteer efforts, read the full article here.
PrintScholarships ranging from several hundred dollars to full-semester tuition are offered by 28 partner universities of GlobaLinks Learning Abroad in Australia, New Zealand and Europe.
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