Salamanca FLSA
Typically offered each May, NMU students who have completed the intermediate level in Spanish (SN 202) and above may participate in the month-long FLSA program to Salamanca, Spain.
Salamanca is full of cultural activities, restaurants, museums, churches, and other neat things to see and do. Students have three hours per day of small-group Spanish language classes, and an hour of class per day with an NMU Spanish professor -- all at the renowned Universidad de Salamanca, founded in 1218.
Afternoons and evenings are mostly free for exploring the city, hanging out with friends, drinking café con leche, and enjoying the atmosphere. Former Salamanca FLSA participants have noted this experience to be at the top of the list of their undergraduate adventures here at Northern!
Salamanca was one of the highlights of my undergraduate career. It helped me fall in love with Spanish again and grow a deeper appreciation of the art and beauty of Spain. The Spanish people from what I’ve met go out of their way to make you feel safe and welcomed. It was truly an amazing experience and I recommend it to anyone.
Mackenzie Meyer
2019 Salamanca FLSA Participant
Vienna FLSA
NMU's Vienna Program is NMU's longest-running faculty-led study abroad program! Alongside NMU German Studies and History faculty, students will immerse themselves in the area's history and culture. From hiking in the mountains, weekly chats at Kaffeehaeuser (coffee houses), and learning German at any level, there's many reasons why this program is so popular!
On past trips, participants managed to do everything from hiking the Alps to boating down the Danube; from visiting Prague, Bratislava, and Hungary to regular excursions up and down the countryside of Lower Austria; from daily coffee and pastry to meals that left them exhausted; from ballet to opera and everything in between. Castles, palaces, cathedrals, Roman ruins. Museums of history, art, war, anthropology, hunting. Hikes through vineyards and mountains. And most of the participants remained after the Program to wander Europe!
See below to find out more about this amazing immersion experience in European culture.