Posts by kmorrison6 | Today at Elon | 51±¬ÁÏÍø /u/news Fri, 01 May 2026 20:00:36 -0400 en-US hourly 1 Info Session for Winter Term 2015 in Samoa – March 18 /u/news/2014/03/13/info-session-for-winter-term-2015-in-samoa-march-18/ Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:20:00 +0000 /u/news/2014/03/13/info-session-for-winter-term-2015-in-samoa-march-18/ Students will have the opportunity to learn more about the offerings that are available through the Winter Term 2015 course “Plants and Culture of Samoa” at an information session on Tuesday, March 18, at 4:30 p.m. in McMichael 115.  

In this course, students will have the opportunity to examine the interactions between the plants and the people of Samoa, while living with families in the capital city of Apia and in the small village of Saipipi.

Visit the website for more information and to apply for the program. The open application deadline for Winter Term 2015 is March 20.

Interested students who are unable to make the presentation can contact Dr. Kathy Gallucci, associate professor of biology, at gallucci@elon.edu.

]]> Study Abroad in Dublin, Ireland – Information Session /u/news/2013/11/12/study-abroad-in-dublin-ireland-information-session/ Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:05:00 +0000 /u/news/2013/11/12/study-abroad-in-dublin-ireland-information-session/ Come learn about Elon’s study abroad offerings in Dublin, Ireland. Erika Richards from FIE will present information about the three different options for studying in this exciting city. Learn about course offerings in a wide range of fields at Dublin Business School and School of the Arts, Trinity College Dublin & University College Dublin, as well as internship opportunities.   

]]> Study Abroad represented in SURF Presentations /u/news/2013/04/26/study-abroad-represented-in-surf-presentations/ Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:45:00 +0000 /u/news/2013/04/26/study-abroad-represented-in-surf-presentations/ Several presentations at this year’s Spring Undergraduate Research Forum highlighted projects which incorporated study abroad. Junior Grant Fisher presented Healthy Mouths Promote Healthy Bodies at the morning poster session. Fisher’s research took place during his independent experience in Burundi.  Fisher, who plans to attend dental school, introduced the relatively low-cost practices of brushing and flossing to children as a means to prevent costly interventions for serious medical conditions as a result of poor oral hygiene. Fisher’s experience in Burundi was partially funded by the Bruns Endowment for International Service Learning.

Senior Emily Kane presented Personal and Community Impacts of the Ghanaian Cocoa Trade. Kane’s interest in the subject began during her semester at the University of Ghana in Spring 2011. She returned to Ghana in Summer 2012 to conduct interviews with cocoa farmers in three different villages. Senior Anna McCracken who also studied at the University of Ghana in Spring 2011 presented Chinese Development Initiatives in Ghana from 1961-2011.

 

Seniors Ashton Coats, Michael Pappano, and Amy Kenney presentated on immigrant identity, globalization and French wine, and presidential discourse on immigration. Each drew on their experiences abroad in France. During his time studying in Paris in Fall 2012, Pappano researched changing trends in wine production and consumption. His research included interviews with French blogger and author Olivier Magny. Kenney’s analysis of differences between French and US presidential candidates’ views on immigration drew on her being present in France, and then the US, for overlapping election cycles in the two countries in 2012.

 

Senior Sarah George presented research on the study abroad experience itself. George, who had studied in Greece for Winter Term 2011 and at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in Spring 2012, presented Perspectives from Students Studying Abroad: Firsthand Accounts of Experiential Transformative Learning. George’s research included a three-part longitudinal study of semester study abroad students and then a focus-group of returned study abroad students. George worked closely with Dr. Thomas Arcaro and the students in his WT 2013 course that focused on the experience of returning from Study Abroad.   

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