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All seven continents, again
December 12, 2007
Nearly 400 students are spanning the globe this January as classes once again convene on all seven continents.
During J-Term, 27 groups of students will visit 19 countries, from Scotland to Tanzania and Antarctica to the United Arab Emirates.
This J-Term marks the second time that PLU students and faculty have studied on all seven continents at the same time. In January 2006, PLU became the first university to do so.
Students in eight of the courses will chronicle their thoughts and impressions as they interact with the people, culture and environment of their host country online at the Sojourners blog. Each group of bloggers is studying on a different continent.
In this year’s blog, students will discuss how the people in their host country engage issues of justice, health, sustainability and peace. They will also look at how they see these values being addressed in the host country as compared to the United States.
The eight groups featured in the blog are:
Students and faculty members have already begun entering their pre-travel thoughts online and uploading photographs. Blog posts can be viewed by country and by individual bloggers, and visitors can also post comments on blog entries.
To learn more about the study away opportunities at PLU, visit the Wang Center for International Programs’ Web site, or contact the center at ext. 7577 or wangctr@plu.edu.
University Communications staff writer Megan Haley compiled this report. Comments, questions, ideas? Please contact her at ext. 8691 or at haleymk@plu.edu. Photo by music professor Greg Youtz, taken during his “Art and Music in China” J-Term course last January.
This J-Term marks the second time that PLU students and faculty have studied on all seven continents at the same time. In January 2006, PLU became the first university to do so.
Students in eight of the courses will chronicle their thoughts and impressions as they interact with the people, culture and environment of their host country online at the Sojourners blog. Each group of bloggers is studying on a different continent.
In this year’s blog, students will discuss how the people in their host country engage issues of justice, health, sustainability and peace. They will also look at how they see these values being addressed in the host country as compared to the United States.
The eight groups featured in the blog are:
- Journeying from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Antarctica to study natural history and conservation issues with English professor Charles Bergman.
- Investigating the impact of globalization on two major world cities, Sao Paolo, Brazil, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, with assistant philosophy professor Brendan Hogan
- Studying the concepts of peace journalism in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with communication professor Cliff Rowe
- Enhancing their French language skills and indulging in the rhythm and energy of the French Creole culture in Martinique, with French professor Roberta Brown
- Analyzing how the arts can be used to promote religious and political beliefs in Neah Bay, Washington, with anthropology professor David Huelsbeck
- Exploring the history and culture of New Zealand while backpacking through the country’s dramatic scenery with associate physical education professor Bradford Moore
- Applying social psychological principles to paranormal occurrences in one of Great Britian’s most haunted cities, Edinburgh, Scotland, with assistant sociology professor Dan Renfrow
- Discovering the history and culture of Tanzania by trekking up Mount Kilimanjaro, journeying into the Ngorongoro Crater and experiencing the island of Zanzibar with English professor David Seal and multimedia services director Kirk Isakson
Students and faculty members have already begun entering their pre-travel thoughts online and uploading photographs. Blog posts can be viewed by country and by individual bloggers, and visitors can also post comments on blog entries.
To learn more about the study away opportunities at PLU, visit the Wang Center for International Programs’ Web site, or contact the center at ext. 7577 or wangctr@plu.edu.
University Communications staff writer Megan Haley compiled this report. Comments, questions, ideas? Please contact her at ext. 8691 or at haleymk@plu.edu. Photo by music professor Greg Youtz, taken during his “Art and Music in China” J-Term course last January.