The Cambridge group awaits their departure on Monday for a semester in the UK
photo by Riley Mattila
Twenty Lee University students departed for the annual United Kingdom (UK) Semester Study Abroad program on Monday.
Throughout the semester-long trip overseas, participants are able to earn 15 credit hours while living in the city of Cambridge. In addition to attending class in Cambridge, students will also visit multiple other sites and cities throughout the UK including Bath, London, and the Lake District in England; Caerwent and Chepstow in Wales; Edinburgh in Scotland; and Dublin in Ireland.
The group will take courses while in Cambridge taught by Lee faculty through a specially-designed online program. Classes include The World of C.S. Lewis, British Cinema, British Theatre, From Papyrus to the iPad: A History of Shared Information, and the Cross-Cultural Experience course.
During the last two weeks of their semester abroad, students will have the opportunity to arrange their own independent travel itineraries and accommodations. From past experiences, participants have traveled to countries such as Austria, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland and Spain. At the end of their travel, students will culminate their tours in London, where the entire group will then fly back together to the United States to return on Saturday, April 8.
This year’s faculty trip director is Dr. Louis Morgan, professor and director of Library Services at Lee.
“For months we’ve been preparing for this semester of travel and learning,” said Dr. Morgan. “I’ve anticipated teaching in Cambridge and the adventure of seeing new places. It is somewhat surreal that it is finally here. I know I’ll miss being on campus in some ways, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I’m excited to be able to share it with a group of incredible students.”
This year’s participants include Neeley Benton, Sarah (Peyton) Bottoms, Katherine Burney, Olivia Compopiano, Vanessa Dixon, Genevieve Ellison, Loren Garcia, Audrey Hawkersmith, Stephanie Higdon, Indyasia Johnson, Johnathan Johnson, Rachel Jones, Sarah Judson, Ellie Kassebaum, Mary Catherine Loftis, Cole Marshall, Sarah Mclntosh, Lauren Silvious, Emily Smith and Tessa Voccola.
For more information about Lee’s Global Perspectives program, visit www.leeuniversity.edu/global or call 614-8357.