Interim Off Campus
Students Spend Winter Break Learning All Over the Globe
More than 120 students are studying in England, Hawaii, Japan, Kenya, Peru, Russia, and Tanzania during the winter break. This is the 34th year in which Lafayette is offering concentrated, three-week, faculty-led courses during the January interim session between semesters. In many courses, students take part in hands-on field work and meet prominent business people, [...]
Study Abroad Programs Provide Global Learning Opportunities Outside the Box
Among the key objectives in Lafayette’s strategic plan is “to create a curriculum and learning environment for the new century that are innovative, progressive, challenging, and distinctive – a signature Lafayette experience.” One way the College is working to provide this signature experience is by increasing its commitment to global education. It is enhancing faculty-led [...]
A Living Laboratory: Students Explore the Geology of the American Southwest
This summer, Drew Williams ’14 (Collegeville, Pa.) had a birthday he’ll never forget. He and a group of 19 other students got up at 4:30 a.m. to watch the sunrise at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah and then hiked in 98-degree weather through slot canyons. They ended the day with a snowball fight on [...]
Course Will Provide One-of-a-Kind Learning Experience in China, North Korea, and South Korea
This summer, a group of Lafayette students will explore the diverse and interconnected cultures of Northeast Asia through a new, faculty-led course to China, North Korea, and South Korea. The course is a first for Lafayette and will also be the first time an American institution is offering a for-credit study abroad program bringing students [...]
A Portal to the Past: Chris Kelly ’13 Explores the Geologic Evolution of Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
Chris Kelly ’13 (Boyertown, Pa.), a double major in geology and international affairs, was one of 24 students who spent three weeks over the January interim studying the evolution of life and land in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. The course, taught by geology professors Lawrence Malinconico and David Sunderlin and Provost Wendy Hill, was [...]
Geologic Evolution: Cara Murphy ’11 Blogs about Her Experiences in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
Cara Murphy ’11 (Providence, N.J.), a double major in English and psychology, is blogging about her experiences this month during a three-week course studying the evolution of life and land in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. The course, taught by geology professors Lawrence Malinconico and David Sunderlin and Provost Wendy Hill, is one of eight [...]
John Zenker ’12 Describes Building Global Relationships in Russia
By John Zenker ’12 John Zenker ’12 (Morristown, N.J.), a history major, joined 18 other students on a two-week trip to Russia during spring semester 2010. The free trip was part of an interdisciplinary course on the culture, history, and art of Russia taught by Joshua Sanborn, associate professor of history, and Ida Sinkevic, associate [...]
Lafayette Students Will Learn about the Environment and Mentor Elementary Students in Interim Course to New Zealand
Trip will be documented through online journals, blogs, videos, and photos Twenty-two students will spend their winter break discovering the interdisciplinary nature of environmental science by exploring New Zealand and sharing what they learn through webcasts with third-and seventh-graders from Martinsburg Elementary School in Martinsburg, Pa. During the three-week course, the students, who represent majors [...]
Students Will Spend Winter Break all Over the Globe
Lafayette offers three-week, faculty-led courses to the Bahamas, Hawaii, Japan, New Zealand, and Russia More than 100 students will be studying in the Bahamas, Hawaii, Japan, New Zealand, and Russia during the winter break. This is the 32nd year in which Lafayette is offering concentrated, three-week courses during the interim session between regular semesters led [...]
Students Will Spend Winter Break all Over the Globe
Locations include New Zealand, South Africa, Guatemala, England, France, Belgium, Germany, and the Czech Republic More than 140 students will be studying in New Zealand, South Africa, Guatemala, England, France, Belgium, Germany, and the Czech Republic during the winter break. This is the 31st year in which Lafayette is offering concentrated, three-week courses during the [...]
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