While in Hong Kong, a group of SAS students will participate in a service visit to the Shun Lee Neighborhood Elderley Centre in Hong Kong 12 November at 8:30 a.m. This visit is a part of the $100 Solution program, in which students will develop a way to make significant positive progress for the center using $100. The group will plan and teach a class for Hong Kong elderly learning English language skills. Media personnel are invited to attend.
Students will also be a part of an International Student Exchange with students from Chinese University of Hong Kong 11 November at noon. The students will have a round-table discussion, focusing on stereotypes each group holds about the other. They will also talk about the future of East Asia, and tour the campus. Members of the media are invited to watch the debate, which will begin after a traditional dim sum lunch.
Semester at Sea is not like most traditional study abroad programs. Students will get to explore 12 different ports over the next three months. The students are unique as well, coming from over 250 different colleges universities, and, while mostly American, they also come from several different countries, including China. They are taking a wide variety of classes by an impressive group of faculty, and will supplement their class work with the time they spend in each port.These classes are taught aboard the MV Explorer, a 24,000-ton, state-of-the-art passenger ship that Semester at Sea has outfitted as a traveling, floating university.
At Semester at Sea, classroom learning is integrated with hands-on fieldwork in destinations around the world-as many as 12 each semester-where participants gain deeper knowledge of world issues, economies, and cultures through comparative experiential study.
The Fall 2009 voyage departed Halifax, Canada on 28 June 2009. Before arriving in Chinaa, the ship stopped in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam where the students spent four days exploring the Vietnamese culture. After leaving China, the MV Explorer will continue down the on to Japan before returning to the United States.
In order to board the ship or speak with faculty, staff and students, please contact the Communications Coordinator, Charity Scott, at commscoordinator@semesteratsea.net.
Media Resources:
• Web site: www.semesteratsea.org
• Tour the ship: www.semesteratsea.org/our-ship/overview/
CONTACT:
Charity Scott, Communications Coordinator
Semester at Sea® Fall 2009 Voyage
e-mail: commscoordinator@semesteratsea.net
About Semester at Sea
Semester at Sea® is a premier global study abroad program based in the United States. Since it began in 1963, more than 45,000 college students and lifelong learners have participated in the program, which travels more than 60,000 nautical miles around the world each year. Over its 45-year history, Semester at Sea has made 99 voyages and has achieved a number of significant milestones, including groundbreaking visits to countries such as the former Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, Cuba, and Myanmar. Participants have met with prominent leaders including Fidel Castro, Anwar Sadat, Indira Gandhi, Mikhail Gorbachev, Corazon Aquino, Sidi Mohammed, Mother Teresa, Bishop Desmond Tutu, and Nelson Mandela.
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