Thinking about studying abroad in Costa Rica? Check out the video below: This video was created by Nina Smith, one of the five recipients of the 2012 Sharing the World: Multimedia Project Scholarship through the St. Petersburg College Foundation’s Innovation Grants Initiative.

This Study Abroad trip exceeded my wildest expectations! The program was extremely well hand-crafted to provide a spectacular perspective into the international way of doing business in Costa Rica.  If I had to change anything, it would be nothing.  From the special group of students, to the incredible professor, and to the carefully designed itinerary, … Continue reading Overview of the SPC Study Abroad program in Costa Rica by Tait Sorenson →

On our last day of the program, we visited the Intel Assembly Plant.  Once again, I am not the brightest crayon in the box in terms of understanding the internal components of computers.  Nevertheless, I jumped in with both feet as the IT Service Ops Manager, Marco, enlightened our group on the why Intel chose … Continue reading Our visit to the Intel Assembly Plant by Tait Sorenson →

View the Costa Rica blog video below: Hello everyone, I have created a video for Costa Rica, it has a few portions in it. Since the maximize size is limited to 8mb, I had no choice but to make the video in lesser quality. It has the locations from Britt Coffee Plantation, Lapaz Waterfalls Garden, … Continue reading Costa Rica Video by XING HAN →

Now it is Wednesday, I can’t believe how fast the days have flown by!  This morning we toured the Dos Pinos operation factory.  It was fascinating to discover how this 65 year old company started with only 20 employees to 5000 employees and distributes 554 different products.  It is now recognized as the number one … Continue reading Dos Pinos by Tait Sorenson →

Britt coffee plant with fly catcher Visit to Britt Coffee (http://www.cafebritt.cr/)   Did you know that the Costa Rican government gave land and coffee plants to citizens for free to open up exportation? The history of Costa Rican trade dates back to 1750 when local coffee merchants began exporting their fine coffee to Europeans. Coffee exportation … Continue reading Costa Rica – “Pura Vida” Part Dos by Sam Frontera →

Britt coffee plant with fly catcher Visit to Britt Coffee (http://www.cafebritt.cr/)   Did you know that the Costa Rican government gave land and coffee plants to citizens for free to open up exportation? The history of Costa Rican trade dates back to 1750 when local coffee merchants began exporting their fine coffee to Europeans. Coffee exportation … Continue reading Costa Rica – "Pura Vida" Part Dos by Sam Frontera →

La Paz Waterfall Garden On Tuesday, we headed up the mountain to explore the Poas Volcano and the La Paz Waterfall Garden.  Unfortunately, we were not able to visit the volcano due zero visibility.  Evidentially, it is very rare for the weather to allow for a glimpse of the volcano.  I did read that if … Continue reading The Rainforest! by Tait Sorenson →

  Even though we had the day off yesterday, Sunday, August 5, 2012 we refused to take the day off from fun or learning! We went into San Jose to shop. It was an interesting experience because many of the small vendors only speak their native tongue of Spanish and most our group only speaks … Continue reading Our Day Off in Costa Rica by Sandra Ordesi-dakers →

On Monday, we ventured out to the Britt Coffee Farm to learn the history and business of coffee in Costa Rica.  As in the case of the butterfly farm I wasn’t too sure of what we would learn but I was eager to find out.  There were two presenters that were absolutely hilarious, as they … Continue reading Growing and Exporting Coffee by Tait Sorenson →