Announcing the Leadership Study Abroad Opportunities for 2009:



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Central America (July 28-August 18, 2009)

This course (LEAD 350 - Leadership Study Abroad; 3 credit hours) will examine leadership in the areas of ecology and conservation in Central America.  Students will go to Guatemala and Belize, visit the Mayan ruins and examine the environmental demise of the Mayan Empire, snorkel in the Barrier Reef off the coast of Belize, and study with present leaders seeking to protect the ecosystems in this part of the world.  The course will also include a service project designed to meet and work along side indigenous people. Program cost of $ 1,950 includes round trip airfare from Columbus (or Pittsburg if that turns out to be the cheapest way to go), ground transportation in Guatemala and Belize, room and board (3 meals a day), excursions, entrance fees and departure taxes. The only item not covered by the program costs is the 3 credit hours of Marietta College tuition.

Contact Dr. David Brown at david.brown@marietta.edu or Dr. Robert McManus at robert.mcmanus@marietta.edu for more information.

 

China Study Tour (May 2009)

The Asian Studies Program and the McDonough Leadership Program will organize a collaborative two-week China study tour in May 2009. The main theme of the study tour is to investigate the environmental problems and the massive human resettlement issues confronting the People's Republic of China, both resulting from the construction of the controversial Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, the world's biggest dam. The tour will meet with government officials, local residents, scientists, and critics of the Three Gorges project, and will discuss with them these issues of concern. The tour will cruise down the Yangtze River, the third longest river in the world, and witness what the project has done to the Chinese people and the Yangtze. The investigation of China's water projects will include a visit to the UN world cultural heritage protection site, Dujiang River Dyke, a great irrigation project built in 256 BCE and still in use. The tour also will visit a number of fascinating cultural heritage sites and national treasures, such as the Wenshu Buddhist temple, the Qingyuangong Taosit temple, the Leshan Giant Buddha, the world's largest Buddhist sculpture carved out of a cliff face that lies at the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers. (The Leshan Giant Buddha is in danger because of air pollution.) A high point of the study tour is the visit to the Chengdu Research Base for Giant Panda Breeding. These adorable pandas warm everyone's heart!

The tour is followed by an optional post-program 3-day sightseeing trip in Beijing. The study tour is open to all MC community members, students, faculty, and staff. Please contact Dr. Luding Tong at tongu@marietta.edu with any questions.


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