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January 12, 2009
The New Year marks fresh adventures for about 300 PLU students.
During this year’s J-term 20 trips, from Washington’s Neah Bay to around the world in China, offer unique opportunities for students to study away.
Some expeditions are continuous from previous years, but a few new trips are on the horizon including courses in Egypt, Switzerland, Paris, plus Norway and Iceland.
Every year, students are excited to see the list of new destinations that comes out, said Pat Bieber, with the Wang Center.
This past fall, faculty submitted new study away proposals. While faculty and students enjoy this year’s international courses, they can look forward to learning about 2010’s adventures during the Study Away Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 4 in the UC.
Faculty will be on hand to provide information about the various international programs.
World Conversations Event
Starting Thursday evening, Feb. 26, and continuing all-day Friday, Feb. 27, the Wang Center for International Programs will be coordinating a World Conversations event for the 2008-2009 academic year.
The keynote speaker for Thursday will be Professor Chuck Bergman, who will be discussing his work in the Amazon on the illegal wildlife trade.
On Friday the key note speaker will be Professor Colleen Hacker, who will be discussing her experiences as an Olympic coach at last summer’s games in China.
The event will also include students and faculty sharing their international experiences from Tobago to Washington’s own Neah Bay. They will also discuss and have conversations about global issues and how those issues impact locations other than where they studied.
The presentations will follow the Friday class schedule, excluding the 8 a.m. class.
In addition to hearing about the several places students have visited over this academic year, dining services will offer an internationally themed dinner Thursday, in the UC.
Keep an eye-out for a more detailed schedule later this January on the Wang Center’s Web site.
To keep track of journey’s by people from PLU check out the Sojourner blog.
Campus Voice Editor Chris Albert compiled this report. Comments, questions, ideas? Please contact him at ext. 8691 or at albertct@plu.edu. Photo taken by Lars Tanaka, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
Some expeditions are continuous from previous years, but a few new trips are on the horizon including courses in Egypt, Switzerland, Paris, plus Norway and Iceland.
Every year, students are excited to see the list of new destinations that comes out, said Pat Bieber, with the Wang Center.
This past fall, faculty submitted new study away proposals. While faculty and students enjoy this year’s international courses, they can look forward to learning about 2010’s adventures during the Study Away Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 4 in the UC.
Faculty will be on hand to provide information about the various international programs.
World Conversations Event
Starting Thursday evening, Feb. 26, and continuing all-day Friday, Feb. 27, the Wang Center for International Programs will be coordinating a World Conversations event for the 2008-2009 academic year.
The keynote speaker for Thursday will be Professor Chuck Bergman, who will be discussing his work in the Amazon on the illegal wildlife trade.
On Friday the key note speaker will be Professor Colleen Hacker, who will be discussing her experiences as an Olympic coach at last summer’s games in China.
The event will also include students and faculty sharing their international experiences from Tobago to Washington’s own Neah Bay. They will also discuss and have conversations about global issues and how those issues impact locations other than where they studied.
The presentations will follow the Friday class schedule, excluding the 8 a.m. class.
In addition to hearing about the several places students have visited over this academic year, dining services will offer an internationally themed dinner Thursday, in the UC.
Keep an eye-out for a more detailed schedule later this January on the Wang Center’s Web site.
To keep track of journey’s by people from PLU check out the Sojourner blog.
Campus Voice Editor Chris Albert compiled this report. Comments, questions, ideas? Please contact him at ext. 8691 or at albertct@plu.edu. Photo taken by Lars Tanaka, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand