{"id":52326,"date":"2019-01-02T18:04:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T18:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/?page_id=52326"},"modified":"2025-09-16T21:24:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T21:24:02","slug":"costarica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/costarica\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each summer, the Master of Arts in Leadership program offers a course that allows students to travel abroad and study leadership practices in other countries.<\/p>\n<p><em>ML 577 Universal Responsibility: A Central American Perspective<\/em> explores this concept both intellectually and through experience. This Master of Arts in Leadership course, organized through Augsburg\u2019s Center for Global Education and Experience, is open to all Augsburg graduate students.<\/p>\n<h2>Scholarship announcement!<\/h2>\n<p>We are happy to announce the option for MA in Leadership students to apply for one of three $1,000 scholarships to help offset the cost of this course.<\/p>\n<p>To be considered, graduate students must be enrolled in the MA in Leadership program, have a 3.5 GPA or higher, and have taken ML505 and two other MA in Leadership courses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSe8f-ILaEyEa-ROkpTWBBtqQPHA65tsPdPKAnUSHG5k_rmrIA\/viewform?usp=sf_link\"><strong>Apply here!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Study abroad in Costa Rica<\/h2>\n<p>His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in Ethics for the New Millennium, makes a strong case for the need to cultivate what he calls universal responsibility, based on a fundamental belief that everything we do has a universal dimension \u2013 it contributes to the happiness or suffering of others.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-52925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/Costa-Rica-2022-3-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/Costa-Rica-2022-3-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/Costa-Rica-2022-3.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/>Program activities include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"para-style-body\">Exploring Costa Rica<\/li>\n<li class=\"para-style-body\">Meeting with leaders in government, business, healthcare, social service, education, natural medicine,\u00a0and the arts<\/li>\n<li class=\"para-style-body\">Visiting the National University of Costa Rica, La Carpio community, and Costa Rica National Museum<\/li>\n<li class=\"para-style-body\">Visiting Manuel Antonio\u00a0National Park, beach, and Central Craft Market<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Through selected readings, discussions, self- assessments, journaling, research, and personal reflection, you will develop your own perspective on what universal responsibility means to you and leadership in your profession.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/Costa-Rica-2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"935\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/Costa-Rica-2022.jpg 1479w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/Costa-Rica-2022-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/Costa-Rica-2022-768x249.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/Costa-Rica-2022-1024x332.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 935px) 100vw, 935px\" \/>Augsburg Master of Leadership and Master of Physician Studies students engage in an interdisciplinary study abroad experience.\u00a0 While there are large group activities, each program follows their individualized itinerary as they explore leadership from a global perspective. <em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"para-style-body\">When<\/h2>\n<p class=\"para-style-body\">Travel: July, 2026 *Dates to be confirmed<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"para-style-body\">REGISTRATION DEADLINE<\/h2>\n<p class=\"para-style-body\">To Be Announced<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/studyabroad.augsburg.edu\/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&amp;id=51014\">APPLY HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>COVID-19 related Requirements for travel<\/h3>\n<div>A COVID vaccination is required for participation in this program unless you have a medical condition which a doctor documents in a letter or you are not able to obtain a COVID vaccine because you are not yet eligible or vaccine supply is limited. If you provide a doctor\u2019s letter or you are unable to procure a COVID vaccination, you will need to self-quarantine for 2 weeks prior to departure AND take a viral COVID test within 3 days before departure, providing verification of the negative test result to CGEE. Augsburg University recommends that you take a rapid antigen COVID test.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If your test results are positive for COVID, you may not participate in the program. Please see the \u201cShort-term Program: Fee Commitment &amp; Cancellation Policy.\u201d Note that you will need to provide written notification of your positive test result to CGEE and your professor. In this situation, the \u201cTrip Interruption\u201d portion of Augsburg University\u2019s International Travel Insurance Policy may cover any non-recoverable costs you have (i.e. airfare).<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each summer, the Master of Arts in Leadership program offers a course that allows students to travel abroad and study &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":394,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52326","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/394"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52326"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53513,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52326\/revisions\/53513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/mal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}