The Institute for Shipboard Education, in partnership with the MV Explorer's ship management company V.Ships, has received International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001: 2004 certification—an internationally recognized standard for environmental excellence. {More»}

The audio slideshow "$100 Solution for a World of Change" depicts the fall 2009 community's international service learning project in Chennai, India. See how the students in Prof. Bernard Strenecky's course decided to help children at a local hospital through a small yet sustainable gift. Students remark on the educational and personal benefits of Semester at Sea's hands-on, community-driven approach to global service.

November 5, 2009: There's nothing like seeing other parts of the world first-hand to give one a different perspective on home. A Sonoma State professor who did just that last summer with his students in the international Semester at Sea program, reports back. Click here to listen to Rocky Rohwedder, a professor of Environmental Studies, discuss his Summer 2009 Semester at Sea voyage on KRCB Public Radio in California. A link to his voyage blog is available as well. This was Prof. Rohwedder's second voyage on Semester at Sea.

Join us in San Diego, Calif. on December 14 to celebrate the 100th Voyage of Semester at Sea and our mission to educate individuals for leadership, service and success in shaping our interdependent world. The evening will include an address from SAS President Les McCabe and a look toward the next 100 SAS voyages. Register online.

"It was really great to be in a place where so many cultures exist in harmony," remarked a participant on the fall 2009 voyage upon visiting the port of Port Louis, Mauritius. Watch the audio slideshow, Port Louis, Mauritius: A Cultural Melting Pot to see the voyage community's educational travels around the majestic island that is known for its diverse multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and multi-cultural society. Read the International Field Program for Mauritius.

Today is SAS Founders Day, marking the departure of the first voyage of Semester at Sea (then known as the University of Seven Seas) in 1963. Alumni chapters around the world and the current 100th SAS Voyage are celebrating this important milestone. If you aren't already a fan, join the SAS Facebook Page and dedicate your status to SAS Founders Day.

The Semester at Sea brochure is now available online using a tool called Virtual Paper. You can flip the pages, zoom in and out, search for topics, send it to a friend, and print out the specific pages that interest you. Find out why Semester at Sea is the program of choice for more than 50,000 alumni worldwide: flip to page 6 for more info on how to make your semester abroad count!

This audio slideshow depicts a faculty-directed practicum that enabled fall 2009 students to visit South African novelist Deon Meyer at his home near Cape Town. Students met with the novelist to discuss his recent work as well as South African culture. In addition, watch as participants explore the amazing habitat and geological sites of Pilanesberg Game Reserve in the North West Province.