Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Honors Program Study and Service Abroad Trips, 2008-2009

In the 2008-2009 academic year, the Honors Program will sponsor a study trip to the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, and two service trips, one to Guatemala, and one to Tijuana, Mexico.



Over the break between Fall and Spring semesters, we will again be sponsoring the Yucatan Study Trip, which can be taken for academic credit as a Spring 2009 course in a number of different departments: Biology, Communication and Theatre Arts, Classical and Modern Languages, Economics, History, Political Science, Religious Studies, and Sociology. It offers Honors credit, credit within the Latin American Studies Concentration, and international "R" core credit. We'll be leaving December 29 and returning January 11. The estimated cost is $2150, including airfare, lodging, all required fees, and some meals. Further information and an application form is available at:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dg8pjdhz_0cx4bxpds

In the summer of 2009 the Honors Program will be sponsoring two service-based immersion trips. We'll be doing the one we've sponsored for several years to Tijuana, Mexico, from August 14-23, 2009 and a new one to Guatemala May 11-May 19, 2009. Information on the Tijuana trip is available on the web at http://www.jcu.edu/honors/los_ninos.html I'll be making information available about the Guatemala trip when I receive it. We will be working with Los Ninos, the same organization with which we've worked in Tijuana. We have been able to hold the cost to students (which is often fund-raised) of the Tijuana trip to $600, and we hope to do that next year as well. The Guatemala trip is likely to cost more because of higher transportation costs.

If you are interested in any of these trips, please let me know (rkolesar@jcu.edu). The number of students who can be accommodated on each is limited. This year our trips to the Yucatan and Tijuana filled quickly.

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