PHOTO: COURTESY CROSS-CULTURAL SOLUTIONS
PHOTO: COURTESY CROSS-CULTURAL SOLUTIONS

The bridge-year program is adding a fifth location, the Brazilian city of Salvador, as it expands to 35 students for the coming academic year. The four-year-old program offers incoming freshmen the chance to defer their enrollment and spend nine months abroad, performing community service and learning the culture of another country. Other locations are in China, India, Peru, and Senegal.