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UC Adds Holocaust Study to Experiences Abroad
New Program Complements Trips to Albania, London, Trinidad, Scotland
Written By Keshia Clukey, PR Intern
Contact - cleogrande@utica.edu
Utica, NY (01/18/2008) - Utica College has added a new program to its travel itinerary: a visit to Holocaust-related sites in Germany, Poland and Hungary. Open to current and former students, graduating seniors and the community, the tour will take place June 3 to 17.
Participants will view historical sites, attend lectures by a number of noted scholars, learn about Jewish life in Europe, and discuss how Germans, Europeans and the world struggle to comprehend this era in history. In addition to the sobering walk through the remains of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, the trip includes the “Schindler’s List” tour as well as the chance to meet some Holocaust survivors. Visiting Berlin, Krakow and Budapest will offer participants a mix of historic and contemporary European culture. For more information, contact John Swanson, associate professor and chair of history, at 792-3242, or jswanson@utica.edu.
Another very popular program is the forensic anthropology field school in Albania, giving students hands-on experience with actual human skeletal remains excavated from ancient sites. Exploring Albania’s 3,000-year-old archaeological treasure, visiting sites like the beautiful Greek island of Corfu, students will get a chance to see all that Athens, Greece, and Bucharest, Romania have to offer. Now in its fifth year and slated for May 20 to June 13, this program also gives students the opportunity to earn college credits while experiencing the trip of a lifetime. Students from other colleges and non-college credit travelers are welcome to join the tour if space is available. For more information, contact Thomas Crist, forensic anthropologist and associate professor of physical therapy, at tcrist@utica.edu or 792-3390. Last year, several physical therapy students in the college’s doctoral program provided clinical care to underserved areas in Albania.
Other popular travel-study programs include the annual London Learning Experience, which visits historic sites such as Stonehenge, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the birthplace of William Shakespeare and the Tower of London. Art lovers can experience the Tate Gallery’s collection, aspiring writers can view the sights that inspired Shakespeare, and budding scientists can visit where Sir Isaac Newton discovered his laws of gravity. Taking off May 20 and returning June 4, this trip is coordinated by Gary Leising (gleising@utica.edu) and Jason Denman (jdenman@utica.edu), both assistant professors of English.
The Comparative Criminal Justice program, also offered each year, explores the penal and legal systems in other countries. Recommended for those interested in criminal justice and law, the trip takes participants to places like Scotland to learn about the history of past and present prison systems in other countries.
The biennial tropical biology trip to Trinidad and Tobago is also a course offered by Utica College. Participants learn about the ecology of terrestrial and aquatic environments bound by the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Emphasis on mangrove swamp, rain forest, and coral reef ecology give biology enthusiasts a real taste of the tropics.
Information about each trip, college credits, costs and deadlines, as well as information about semester-long study abroad opportunities, is available on the college’s Web site at www.utica.edu.
About Utica College – Founded in 1946, Utica College is a comprehensive private institution that grants the Syracuse University baccalaureate degree and the Utica College master’s and doctoral degrees. The College, located in central New York, approximately 90 miles west of Albany and 50 miles east of Syracuse, currently enrolls nearly 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students in 32 undergraduate majors, 26 minors, 13 master’s and two doctoral degree programs.
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