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Love One Love All: Study Abroad, Gap Year, Senior Trips

Begin your college experience backpacking through South America, Africa, Asia or Europe spending 14 weeks on the move, discovering new places, cultures, people and languages. While your college peers back home will be attending class in a lecture hall, you'll be spending your semester/year studying in the Amazon Rainforest, climbing up Machu Picchu, sailing the Galapagos Islands, exploring African safaris, snorkeling the mediterania sea, building medical clinics in Indonesia and many more amazing adventures.

LOLA's unique study aborad programs blend the experiential education gained through travel and cultural immersionwith academic/university education. 

Through this LOLA program you will absorb and develop critical skills and knowledge as we journey though challanging itineraries while receiving college credits with distance learning courses.

 

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LOLA is a leadership development program that has re-defined the traditional path to college. Contrary to study abroad in one location LOLA programs travel abroad to over 10 locations throughout your semester abroad.

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