NAPA COUNTY, Calif. – Study Spanish this summer in Salamanca, Spain, and earn college credit.

Napa Valley College’s International Education program is sponsoring a class June 4–25 with different levels of Spanish instruction available, as well as a class “Introduction to Hispanic Literature.”

High school students may participate with approval of a parent.

Instruction will be provided at the Salamanca Universidad Pontificia.

The deadline to submit the $500 deposit is Feb. 25. The $3,195 cost includes airfare, all instruction, two day trips, living with a family and all meals.

Salamanca is a UNESCO “World Heritage City.”

Excursions will be offered to Toledo, where the legend of El Greco began, and Segovia and Avila where students will see the glory of Old Castile.

Mary Studer Shea, Napa Valley College professor of Spanish/English who has taken students abroad many times to Spain (Salamanca and Málaga), Mexico (San Miguel de Allende), and Costa Rica (Alajuela), will accompany the group.

As an undergrad at UC Santa Barbara, Shea spent her senior year in Madrid, Spain, as part of UC’s Education Abroad Program.

This travel made her a firm believer in education abroad and what it can do for students, both personally and professionally in their future careers.

Upon return, she completed her master's degree in Spanish, also at UCSB, and later a master's in English at CSU Sonoma.

She has taught at Napa College for more than 20 years. She and her husband Bill have walked the entire 450 miles of the famous “Camino de Santiago,” the third most popular pilgrimage route since the Middle Ages.

See www.napavalley.edu and click on “Study Abroad” for a program brochure or call Mary Shea at 707-253-3165 for more information.

Early reservations are encouraged.