Rick Barnes blogs from Semester at Sea

Rick Barnes, professor of psychology and environmental studies, is spending
the fall 2010 semester teaching aboard a ship as it cruises around the world.

Barnes is teaching two courses, Environmental Psychology and Sustainable Communities, with Semester at Sea. Special guest on the Fall 2010 voyage is Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The ship visits 11 ports in Africa and Asia...

• Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Cadiz, Spain
• Casablanca, Morocco
• Takoradi, Ghana
• Cape Town, South Africa
• Port Louis, Mauritius
• Chennai, India
• Singapore
• Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
• Hong Kong / Shanghai, China
• Yokohama / Kobe, Japan
• Honolulu / Hilo, Hawaii, USA
• San Diego, California, USA

Follow Professor Barnes' journey on his blog...
http://ricksemsea.blogspot.com/

About Semester at Sea
Semester at Sea (SAS) is a study abroad program founded in 1963, now managed by the Institute for Shipboard Education in Charlottesville, Virginia. The University of Virginia's the current academic sponsor for the program while the program, itself, is run on a cruise ship called the MV Explorer. Throughout the history of the program, nearly 50,000 undergraduate students from more than one thousand colleges and universities have participated in Semester at Sea.

Study Abroad in England with Randolph College Abroad: The World in Britain

For more than 40 years, the College has sent students across the pond to spend an academic year at the University of Reading, England. The program has earned a reputation as one of the best study abroad programs in Great Britain for U.S. students.

Students stay in houses owned by Randolph College across the street from the University of Reading campus and can study for a semester or the full academic year. Participants can take full advantage of all the classes, experiences, and activities that the University offers.

World in Britain Welcomes New Director, Bloggers

This year, the we bid farewell to Randall Ivy who retired as director of the program and welcomed new director Lars Franke.

We also welcome four new bloggers — Alex Ostrowski (Randolph ’11), Nick Marshall (Randolph ’11), Anneka Freeman (Randolph ’11), and Katie McKinney (James Madison University) — who will share their adventures and experiences the 2009-2010 academic year from Reading.

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