Several study-abroad opportunities are being offered this spring and in the summer to help broaden the students’ international academic experiences. Trips will take students to the Dominican Republic, England, Italy, Switzerland, Argentina, China, Canada, Brazil, Chile, the Netherlands, Czech Republic and Japan

Spring Abroad

During spring break, 16 students will travel to the Dominican Republic for a Laboratory: Animal Behavior class with Marion McClary, biological science and co-director, natural sciences (Metro). They will be joining marine biology students who have been taking classes at FDU’s marine science laboratory on the Samana Peninsula on the country’s northeast corner since February 22. The marine biology courses, which are taken entirely in the Dominican Republic and culminate in a research project, are Beach Ecology with Irwin Isquith, executive director for global partnerships and biological sciences (Metro); Tropical Marine Vegetation with Hector Miguel Ramirez Crespo, a professor in the Dominican Republic; Tropical Marine Invertebrates, with McClary; and Tropical Marine Vertebrates with Crespo.

Also during spring break, students of the International School of Hospitality and Tourism Management will travel to Switzerland and Italy as part of their undergraduate Global Issues in Hospitality Management course.

Highlights of the Swiss trip include visits to Mount Titlis, the highest peak in central Switzerland with the world’s first revolving cable car; a “back of the house” tour at the Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel and Spa, a member of the five-star Leading Hotels of the World chain; wine tasting in the Cellier Du Chateau; and a visit to Hotel L’Aubier, a “green” hotel where ecological considerations are paramount. Students will stay in the family-owned Edelweiss Hotel, where the owner, Peter Kuhn, will share insights on the hotel’s marketing practices. Iris Gersh, hospitality management (Metro), and John Hughes, hotel/restaurant/tourism management (Metro), will accompany the students in Switzerland.

Other students will travel to Italy on a weeklong trip with Aixa Ritz, hotel/restaurant/tourism management (Metro), and Joseph Tormey, hotel/restaurant/tourism management (Metro). The group will go on a “back of the house” tour of the Grand Hotel Baglioni in Florence; visit the Academia Barilla gastronomic library in Parma; go on a guided tour of the Barilla Pasta factory; and enjoy a wine tasting at Villa Di Corlo, a local winery in Modena. Students will also attend lectures on the history of Hotel Posta, where they will stay, and on the gastronomy and products of Emilia-Romagna, a region in northern Italy that includes the provinces of Bologna, Modena and Parma. The group also will have a food-and-wine pairing class at the Apicius International School of Hospitality in Florence.

For the third year, the theater arts program at the College at Florham has arranged an eight-day trip to England during spring break for the undergraduate London Theater Experience course. Under the leadership of Stephen Hollis, theater and director, theater arts (Flor), students will see plays such as “Days of Significance,” “The Importance of Being Earnest,” “Much Ado About Nothing” and “Billy Elliott” staged by professional theater companies. The group will also attend lectures by actors and be part of an “Acting Shakespeare” workshop at the Globe Theater.

On March 30, students will travel to Mendoza, Argentina, where they will spend a week as part of their Global Leadership for Public and Not-for-Profit Organization graduate course and Government Political Systems undergraduate course. While in Argentina, students will attend lectures on topics such as tourism and gastronomy, Argentine history and dictatorships of the 20th century and commerce and trade. Trips to the Casa de Gobierno Palacio Political (state government capital and state police headquarters), Banos Termales Cacheuta (mountain spa and hot springs in the Andes mountains), national parks Cerro de la Gloria and Parque Central de Mendoza and to the local brewery Cerveceria Andes are also planned. Paulette Laubsch, administrative science and director, MS in homeland security (Metro), will accompany the students.

From May 16 to 27, students in the Pacific Worlds class of Gary Darden, history (Flor), and students in the Cross-cultural Perspectives class with Patricia Bazán-Figueras, languages (Flor), will travel to China as part of their undergraduate classes.

Summer Study Abroad

Overseas study will also be available to students over the summer.

Students in the MBA in management for executives program have several overseas opportunities. They will go to Brazil and Chile from May 31 to June 13 (with students in the MBA in management for global business administrators), to Brazil and Argentina from June 14 to June 27 and to the Netherlands and Czech Republic from July 6 to 18. For information contact Peter Caliguari, administrative director, MBA executive programs (Flor), at 973-443-8977 or peter_caliguari@fdu.edu.

A study-abroad program for undergraduate Italian language courses and a film course — Beginning Italian I and II and Italian Conversation II and Italian Film and Culture — is being offered from May 26 to June 14. The class will stay in Alassio, Italy, a seaside town on the western side of the Riviera, from May 26 to June 11, where classes will be conducted. The remaining three days (June 12 to 14) will be spent in Milan, where the group will tour the city and its museums, take a day trip to Venice and go to Lake Como or Bergamo. For information contact Gloria Pastorino, French/Italian (Flor), at 973-443-8648 or gpastor@fdu.edu.

The undergraduate Japanese Culture and Civilization course includes a two-week trip to Japan from June 2 to 15. For information call Rie Haggerty Yoshimura, modern languages/literature (Flor), at 973-443-8466 or 973-443-8465.

Several summer courses are being offered in FDU-Vancouver on the week of June 23, which coincides with the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. The first module of courses for undergraduate students are Jazz Then and Now, with Allen Cohen, music (Flor); and Beach Ecology (lecture and laboratory), with Marion McClary, biological science and co-director, natural sciences (Metro). The second module includes the undergraduate courses Human Relations in Business with Kent Fairfield, management (Metro), and Leadership of the Founding Fathers, with William “Pat” Schuber; and the graduate course Global Citizenship Seminar, also with Schuber.

Graduate students can also choose to take one or two Orton-Gillingham courses training teachers in Project Read, a research-based, multisensory language arts program for struggling readers, from August 11 to 14 in Vancouver. The first course, Project Read: Story Form, teaches multisensory strategies and techniques for reading narrative text. The course teaches literary elements by making them concrete and meaningful through symbols. The second course, Project Read: Report Form, teaches multisensory strategies and techniques for gathering, organizing and synthesizing information when reading expository text. The course moves systematically from identifying the subject of a report to teaching a process for identifying key facts and supporting details. Both courses will be taught by Barbara McAuliffe, an FDU-certified Orton-Gillingham teacher trainer and an approved Project Read trainer.

For more information about study-abroad courses in FDU-Vancouver go to http://www.fdu.edu/vancouverstudyabroad .

Wroxton College in England will be the location of several courses. They include the undergraduate courses Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: United States and United Kingdom, contact Robert Vodde, director, criminal justice (Metro); and Exploring Museums of Great Britain, contact Kristin Baxter, art (Flor); and the graduate courses International Corporate Communication and Culture, contact Gary Radford, communication (Flor); and New Challenges of Leadership in a Global Society, contact Lorraine Nienstedt, assistant director, administrative science (Metro).

March 2008

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College at Florham, Madison, N.J.

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Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, N.J.

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