Author: Kaitlyn Guest | Major: Supply Chain Management | Semester: Summer 2023 Hello, I’m Kaitlyn Guest, a junior Supply Chain Management major with an Economics minor. I spent two months of my summer in Dangriga, Belize, alongside nine other U of A students. Our...
A Summer in Belize: Where Interning meets Adventure
Author: Connor O'Neill | Majors: Economics, Finance | Semester: Summer 2023 Hello everyone! My name is Connor O’Neill, and I am about to start my senior year as an economics and finance major. I spent the summer in Belize participating in an internship with a...
An Unbelizeable Summer
Author: Brady Voss | Majors: Finance, Marketing | Semester: Summer 2023 Hey everyone! My name is Brady Voss, and I am a current senior, double majoring in finance and marketing with a minor in economics. This summer, I had the opportunity to start my research while...
Economics Research in Belize
Author: Sergio Lopez | Major: Economics | Semester: Summer 2022 Hello, my name is Sergio Lopez, I am a Walton student of Economics, I traveled to Dangriga Belize for 2 months in order to do a research project, the mentioned project will also help me complete my honors...
Small Business Development, Digital Presence, and Tourism in Belize
Author: Abby Teague | Major: Management | Semester: Summer 2022 My name is Abby Teague, and my major is Small Business Management with a minor in Marketing. I had the amazing opportunity of commencing research this summer in Belize. Within Belize, I had an internship...
Internship + Study Abroad = Best Summer of Your Life
Author: Drew Patterson | Majors: Management and Marketing | Semester: Summer 2022 This Summer I had the opportunity to spend eight weeks interning for Peacework and the Belize Tourism Industry Association. The team I was on worked as small business consultants for the...
Seeing the (Rain)Forest through the Trees
Author: Ana Pendergast | Major: International Business Economics | Semester: Summer 2022 This summer I had the amazing privilege to study in Dangriga, Belize through an 8-week service-learning internship and thesis program facilitated by Peacework and the University...
Eight Weeks On the Inside of Belize Tourism
Author: Thomas Consolino | Major: International Business | Semester: Summer 2022 Hello y’all! My name is Thomas Consolino, and I am a senior at the University of Arkansas studying International Business. This past summer I took part in an eight-week program called...
Sand Until You Smell Garlic
Author: Emily Spatz | Major: Poultry Science and Spanish The people of Belize are so open to sharing their stories, which made the relationships that we were able to form even more impactful. Two of the most interesting people that we were able to meet were Norie and...
Beautiful Belize
Author: Emery Young | Majors: Accounting and Finance After years of disappointment of cancelled study abroad trips due to the Covid-19 pandemic, I was delighted when I found out that some the trips were going to take place this summer. When I graduated in May, I had...