Winter Session Study Abroad
This winter session, study-abroad options are available in Belize, Costa Rica and the University’s Campus in England.
Belize
Psychology graduate students will have the opportunity to study Herbal Psychotherapeutic Drugs and Alternative Remedies in Belize under the leadership of Christopher Capuano, director, psychology (Metro). The study in Belize will include natural and spiritual healing, specifically focusing on the use of Mayan remedies, their origins and psychosocial benefits.
Costa Rica
Rosemarie Twomey, business law (Flor), and Daniel Twomey, management and director, Center for Human Resource Management Studies (Flor), are again taking students to Costa Rica for two weeks in January for the Silberman College of Business course Experience the Pure Life, which is part of the fall-semester offering. Students will study the banana, coffee and pineapple industries, perspectives on sustainable tourism and cultural differences. Students will experience field study in a Caribbean coast wildlife refuge and live in the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge. They will also visit Instituto Centroamericano Administracíon de Empresas (INCAE Business School), EARTH University and the U.N.-affiliated University for Peace (UPEACE), where they will hear lectures and meet with UPEACE students. Visits to businesses and cultural attractions also are planned.
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Wroxton, England
From January 3 to 25, seven undergraduate students will be living at Wroxton College, England, while fulfilling their 60 hours of field experience for the Peter Sammartino School of Education QUEST combined-degree program. The program, coordinated by Daniel Aronoff, assistant director, education (Metro), places students at the Banbury School and the Bloxham Academy in Oxfordshire, England, to fulfill their contact hours during the course of a semester at these British middle and high schools.
In addition, Martin Donoff, director, MFA in creative writing program (Flor) and special assistant to the president, will lead 28 students and nine faculty members in a master in fine arts in creative writing residency at Wroxton College from January 6–15. Along with lectures by guest writers, panels and workshops, the course will feature two students presenting lectures on their own works.
Spring Break
Overseas study will be available to undergraduate students during spring break. Some courses will be segments of courses to be completed during the spring and one will be the complete course. They include Spanish Culture and Civilization (Spain), contact Laureano Corces, Spanish and chair, modern languages/literature (Flor); Study Abroad–France in conjunction with Comparative Politics (France), contact Peter Woolley, political science and director, PublicMind (Flor); Study Abroad–Japan in conjunction with Comparative Politics (Japan), contact Woolley; The London Theatre Experience (London), contact Stephen Hollis, theater and director, theater arts (Flor); Laboratory: Animal Behavior (Dominican Republic), contact Marion McClary, biological sciences and associate director, natural sciences (Metro); Caribbean Biology (Dominican Republic), contact McClary; and Caribbean Organisms (Dominican Republic), contact McClary.
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December 2006 / January 2007
| · | Winter Session Study Abroad |
| · | Partners With Universities Worldwide |
| · | PublicMind Enjoys Memorable Year |
| · | Musical Offerings From WFDU-FM |
| · | University Calendar, December–January |
| · | Faculty/Staff — Update, In Memoriam, Announcing, Welcome |
| · | College Happenings |
| · | Spotlight — Duryee, Flores, Haynes-Smith, Marshall |
| · | This & That |
| · | Photo Stories — Thanks to Employee Donors, Employee Benefits Fair, Global Event. |
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Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, N.J.
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