Honors Abroad with USM

Eligible undergraduate students at the University of Southern Maine (USM) Honors Program have the unique opportunity to travel abroad to Iceland delving into timely topics ranging from climate change, sustainability, and resilience to maritime cities and the Blue Economy. This annual, interdisciplinary Summer course, partners with GeoCamp Iceland for the logistics, planning and content development for their trips to Iceland.

Opportunities for discovery

The 2023 class, HON 195: Living Now: writing Iceland & finding hope in a changing climate, explored questions of sustainability, climate change, and hope through writing and photo essay. During the travel class, students met with an Icelandic author, visited researchers at Reykjavik University to learn about their innovative responses to sustainability and climate change, and traveled to remote glaciers and waterfalls. Each student finished the course with a final project that summarized their experience. Click below to view their projects.

• Aidan Foss | The End is Nigh: Live a Little
• Grace McLellan | Rocks and Light: 10 Pictures of Iceland
• Halle Farnsworth | Endurance and Hope: A Letter Home
• Hunter Stonebraker | Looking for the Light: A Journey Overseas to Find Hope
• Lily Bray | Iceland, From Behind the Bus Window
• Makayla Hartsgrove | Curiosity, Innovation, and Hope in Iceland
• Phoebe Elliott | A Narrative Picture Collage of Iceland
• Meagan Ladner | Shreds of Hope
• Trista Hebert | Seeds of Hope in Iceland

For more information please visit the Maine North Atlantic Institute at the University of Southern Maine (https://mnai.org/).