PacRim sends 25 students to foreign nations this year
The Pacific Rim/Asia Study Travel Program, known to most as PacRim, is a special study abroad program exclusive to Puget Sound. Quite possibly the only one of its kind, this program takes students across different parts of Asia once every three years. This year, a group of 25 students, along with some faculty members, are traveling through places such as South Korea, Mongolia, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia and India. Though the program itself involves a year of traveling, it is actually a two-year commitment. Elizabeth Benard, the professor who leads...