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Brittany Bovard, an Altoona, PA native, is taking part in Penn State Altoona's first Puerto Rico Exchange Program. She will spend the spring 2007 semester in Bayamon, Puerto Rico at Inter American University. This year's program focuses on the field of biology and includes a field work class here at Altoona and a tropical field biology course in Puerto Rico. While there, she will have the opportunity to learn about a different culture and language without leaving the U.S. Brittany will take classes in English that include history, English, art history,
and biology.
| JUST THE FACTS... |
| Hometown: | Altoona, PA |
| Major: | Biology |
| Family: | 4 sisters (a lot of estrogen) Heather (29), Rachel (23), Kaitlin (19), and Brooke (16) |
| boyfriend: | Haitham (my Egyptian pharaoh) |
| Pets: | 2 Dogs: Spazm (j.r. terrior) and Brynne (beagle/shepherd mix) 2 Cats: Captain Jack Sparrow (black) and Sir William Shakespeare (fluffy) (According to T.S. Elliot, every proper cat has 3 parts to its name). |
| Favorite Places I’ve Visited: | Sorrento and the Cinque Terre in Italy, the Mohonk Mountain Resort in NY’s Catskill Mountains, and one of Puerto Rico’s bioluminescent bays. |
| Hobbies: | Traveling (obviously), Reading, Biking, Hiking, Kayaking |
| Favorite Movies: | “Pride and Prejudice,” both the 5 hour BBC version and the 2 hour movie, as well as “Evelyn,” a classic Irish tale. |
| Favorite Books: | Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion (all of Jane Austen’s novels for that matter-self proclaimed Anglophile). Portrait of the Artist as a Young man by James Joyce (I have Irish blood). The Mistress of the Empire Series, LotR, H.P. (I don't care if it's for little kids, this series is completely captivating. I'm hooked... a Harry Potter junkie). |
| Favorite Artist: | Jewel (okay, so I’m a hippy) |
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