December 27, 2012

Students Will Spend Winter Break Learning All Over the Globe

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More than 130 students will be studying in the Czech Republic, Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, and Turkey during the winter break.

This is the 35th 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, cultural figures, government officials, and academics, learning directly from these experts about the subject matter they are studying.

In May and June, students will explore England, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and the national parks of Western United States in similar faculty-led, concentrated courses.

Andrew Holmes '12 poses with a villager in Kenya during an interim course on strategies for managing economic development and natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa.
Hannah Komar '13 (l-r), Taylor Miller '13, Kelsey Theriault '13, and Daniel Choroser '13 pose in a traditional corridor in the Summer Palace in Beijing. The interim course focused on historical and contemporary issues in China.
Students float down the River Cam during an interim course studying health care in England.
Students studied Italian art history and culture during an interim course in Venice, Florence, and Rome.
Taneesha Tate-Robinson ’13 interacts with some local wildlife in Madagascar.
Students rest on a mountain overlooking Machu Picchu. The course focused on Peruvian society, culture, and history.
Students studied the social changes experienced in Russia during the 20th century.
Ana Drehwing ’13 hikes the Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon. The interim course explored the geology of the national parks of western United States.
Katie Zeikel '15, l-r, Professor Jennifer Kelly, Derek Vill '14, Professor Mary Jo Lodge, and Savannah Sargent '13 try out their musical skills in a gamelan ensemble during an interim course focusing on the arts in Bali.
Jiselle Peralta ’13 at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itzá in Yucatán, Mexico
Students studied the historic and cultural legacy of Rome.
Students learn Kiswahili from language coordinator Gitau Kariuki during an interim course in Kenya.

The College also offers faculty-led semester abroad programs in Bremen, Germany; London, England; Madrid, Spain; and San Jose, Costa Rica. Students take classes from Lafayette faculty as well as those of host institutions. They also take part in field trips, which are planned and led by Lafayette professors with the help of local organizers. Previous faculty-led semesters have been in Athens, Greece; Brussels, Belgium; and Dijon, France.

Lafayette has affiliations with many colleges and other organizations through which students study in many countries. Students can participate in affiliated programs in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bali, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Russia, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tibet, Uganda, and Trinidad.

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1 Comment

  1. Libby says:
    January 3, 2013 at 10:29 am

    Don’t forget the LIME (Lafayette Intiative for Malagasy Education) Team over in Madagascar! Today was our second day of teaching 30+ Malagasy high school students about the US college application process!

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