The Western Humanities program at the State University of New York at Geneseo is a central part of the curriculum, and all students are required to take the two four-credit classes. Recently, these classes have been broadened to include opportunities to take the classes in study abroad settings—including Rome, Athens, Paris, Vienna, and El Sauce, Nicaragua. While El Sauce might not seem like the most fitting place for a Humanities class upon first glance, Geneseo professor an

Adlin Noël, a respiratory therapy student at SUNY Upstate Medical University, traveled to El Sauce, Nicaragua in July 2013 to learn about the health care system of the country. Originally from Haiti, Adlin has an interesting perspective in coming to Nicaragua. Based on his experience, he has also written for an AARC (American Association for Respiratory Care) publication. He writes: Together with 5 other SUNY Upstate Medical students, I spent two weeks in El Sauce, Nicaragua,