Photo Story

Winter Session International Travelers and Visitors

During winter session, FDU students studied overseas and international students visited the Metropolitan Campus.

The following is a brief visual of some of the happenings. For details on the winter session international activities go to Winter, Spring Study Abroad, http://inside.fdu.edu/otw/0812/studyabroad.html .

Belize

Samuel Raphalides, front row blue shirt, political science/history and director, Global Scholars Program (Metro), and his students are pictured in front of the exit portal of the Belize City Zoo which features only native animals. Note the FDU Global Scholars ’09, permitted, worthwhile graffiti placed above the exit.

England

Top Photo: The master in fine arts group is pictured in front of the Abbey at Wroxton College in England. Walter Cummins, right, emeritus, English, and Rene Ashley, second from right, MFA faculty, were joined by Martin Donoff, director, MFA in creative writing; and Thomas Kennedy, creative writing (all Flor), during the session.

Bottom photo: President J. Michael Adams, back row, left, was at Wroxton College when the Global Scholars visited England with Richard Panicucci, right, quantitative analysis and assistant campus provost for campus life, and Nestor Melendez, back row, third from left, assistant dean of students (both Metro). They are pictured in Wroxton’s Buttery.

United States

Korean students from Kyungnam University spent an evening at the home of Ronald Calissi, back row, left, executive associate dean for off-campus credit programs and director, administrative science, Petrocelli College (Metro/Flor). They were joined by Lisetty Nigrinis, standing front right, assistant director of global partnerships (Metro), and Eamon Doherty, back row right, partially hidden, administrative science and director, Cyber Crime Training Laboratory (Metro). Also see College Happenings, Korean Students Attend Cyber Crime Program, http://inside.fdu.edu/otw/0902/happenings.html .

Richard Wisch, center, hotel/restaurant/tourism management and associate dean/director, international hospitality/tourism management (Metro/Flor), and Aixa Ritz, second from right, hotel/restaurant/tourism management and director of graduate studies (Metro), share a light moment with faculty members from TIO Tourism School in the Netherlands Michael Bunink, left; Marenna van Reijsen, second from left; and Marlies Haazebroek-Buysen, right, in Edward Williams Hall, Metropolitan Campus. Also see College Happenings, TIO Tourism Students Visit ISHTM, http://inside.fdu.edu/otw/0902/happenings.html .