Stories from the Field

Got Chicken?

Two University of Minnesota students, Claire and Mikhail, currently participating in HECUA's Environmental Sustainability program are interning at the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture. Part of responsible farming is humanely raising and slaughtering animals. Claire and Mikhail share their innermost thoughts before, during, and after slaughtering 180 chickens in one day.

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A Profound Approach to Writing for Social Change

Emma, an English major at the University of Minnesota, is currently participating in Writing for Social Change. She writes a response to hearing a reading by Nuruddin Farah, a prominent Somali novelist, who recently took part in a Hennepin County Library reading series.

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Velkommen til Norge!

Christian Pederson Behrends, a Religious Studies and Studio Art major at Macalester College, shares exciting details about his first weeks in this fall's Scandinavian Urban Studies Term.

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