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View All NewsFounders’ Day 2019 Photo Gallery
Founders’ Day 2019 took place on October 22, but Semester at Sea’s incredible alumni and volunteers have been celebrating the founding of shipboard education all month long! Thank you to...
Seas the Night! NYE Celebration onboard the MV World Odyssey
Ring in the New Year with fellow Semester at Sea alumni, friends, family and other wave-makers aboard the MV World Odyssey! With exciting new itineraries beginning in Fall 2020 and Spring...
Oceanography Students Explore Local Ecology in Lisbon
The day began as all good field classes do: with students gathered in the Lastinger Union, looking forward to exploring their current port — in this case, Lisbon, Spain. Voyagers...
Announcing the Spring 2020 Tutu Ubuntu Scholar
We are very pleased to announce that Ms. Tracey Osogo has been awarded the Tutu Ubuntu Scholarship for the Spring 2020 Voyage. Ms. Osogo will sail on the voyage with...
Marketing Class visits Shakespeare Theatre in Gdańsk
“Marketing is more than advertising through images … it’s about giving people what they really want,” mused Fall 2019 Voyager Chyven Gadin from the University of Oklahoma at the end...
Fall 2019 Voyage: By the Numbers
The Fall 2019 Voyage embarked on September 5th in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and students are already exploring their first port of Gdansk, Poland. Find out who is sailing aboard the...
Meet the Fall 2019 Executive and Academic Dean
Every voyage, the Academic Dean and Executive Dean, together, lead Semester at Sea’s shipboard community of students, faculty, staff, and Lifelong Learners. The Fall 2019 Executive and Academic Dean—Dr. John...
Celebrating 56 years of Semester at Sea
Counting down to Founders’ Day Founders’ Day (October 22) is a worldwide celebration for Semester At Sea’s alumni. For 56 years, over 60,000 alumni have experienced unparalleled voyages and life-changing...
AFSA Essay Contest Winner Awarded Scholarship with Semester at Sea
The Institute of Shipboard Education is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2019 American Foreign Service Association National High School Essay Contest, Wilson King from Shepaug High School...
Semester at Sea at the Rocky Mountain Showdown
The University of Colorado Boulder and Colorado State University are squaring off on the football field for the annual Rocky Mountain Showdown on August 30, 2019, and this year Semester...
Spring 2020 Voyage Now Waitlisted
Spring 2020 Voyage Now Waitlisted The Spring 2020 Voyage is now full. However, we expect a number of cancellations between now and December 2. We want you to feel fully...
Shipboard Traditions Explained: What is Neptune Day?
Some shipboard traditions may not make sense unless you’ve sailed with Semester at Sea. Take Neptune Day, for instance. Do you have to shave your head? And what are these pollywogs...
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