Grace Provides Short-Term Cross-Cultural Opportunities For Students
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
Students will travel to Fiji, Turkey and Italy. Each trip will include an educational component, such as visiting the Haga Sophia and Blue Mosque in Turkey, and a cultural discovery component, such as staying in the homes with Indo-Fijian families in Fiji.
The Fiji team has 14 participants and will be working on community projects for part of the trip. The rest of the time they will be working with women who have come out of difficult home situations through an organization called Homes of Hope. This team will be led by Dr. Tammy Schultz, chair of Graduate Department of Counseling and Interpersonal Relations, and Dr. Nate Bosch, assistant professor of environmental science.
The Turkey team has eight participants and will be traveling to Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. They will be visiting the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi palace, Cappadocia, Laodicea and many more sites that date back to historical and Biblical times. They also will attend the National Youth Day activities at a Turkish school. This team will be lead by Carlos Tellez, cultural liaison, and Dr. Jared Burkholder, assistant professor of American and world history.
The Italy team is an exploration of the art history of Italy. There will be 17 traveling to Italy including leaders Kim Reiff, chair of the Art Department, and J.D. Woods, associate professor of art.
Upon arriving back home, student artwork created from the Italy cross-cultural experience will be featured in the Mount Memorial Art Gallery in the Fall 2011 exhibition titled “Italy: A Student’s Perspective”. The exhibit will run Nov. 14 to Dec. 16.[[In-content Ad]]Grace’s Global Perspectives class requires that each student fulfill a one-week minimum cross-cultural experience, designed to broaden students’ knowledge about the world and provide them with unique opportunities to learn in a different context than their own. Global Perspectives is part of the “Grace Core,” a set of foundational, general-education classes required for every student, regardless of major area of study.
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Students will travel to Fiji, Turkey and Italy. Each trip will include an educational component, such as visiting the Haga Sophia and Blue Mosque in Turkey, and a cultural discovery component, such as staying in the homes with Indo-Fijian families in Fiji.
The Fiji team has 14 participants and will be working on community projects for part of the trip. The rest of the time they will be working with women who have come out of difficult home situations through an organization called Homes of Hope. This team will be led by Dr. Tammy Schultz, chair of Graduate Department of Counseling and Interpersonal Relations, and Dr. Nate Bosch, assistant professor of environmental science.
The Turkey team has eight participants and will be traveling to Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. They will be visiting the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi palace, Cappadocia, Laodicea and many more sites that date back to historical and Biblical times. They also will attend the National Youth Day activities at a Turkish school. This team will be lead by Carlos Tellez, cultural liaison, and Dr. Jared Burkholder, assistant professor of American and world history.
The Italy team is an exploration of the art history of Italy. There will be 17 traveling to Italy including leaders Kim Reiff, chair of the Art Department, and J.D. Woods, associate professor of art.
Upon arriving back home, student artwork created from the Italy cross-cultural experience will be featured in the Mount Memorial Art Gallery in the Fall 2011 exhibition titled “Italy: A Student’s Perspective”. The exhibit will run Nov. 14 to Dec. 16.[[In-content Ad]]Grace’s Global Perspectives class requires that each student fulfill a one-week minimum cross-cultural experience, designed to broaden students’ knowledge about the world and provide them with unique opportunities to learn in a different context than their own. Global Perspectives is part of the “Grace Core,” a set of foundational, general-education classes required for every student, regardless of major area of study.
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