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View All NewsSpring 2018 Disembarks in Portugal
Disembarkation — the day all voyagers dread, when bags are packed, goodbyes are made, tears are shed, and cell phone service starts to work again. After diverting to Lisbon, Portugal...
Spring 2018 Disembarkation Diversion
Due to an approaching weather system in the North Atlantic, safety compels us to make another change to the Spring 2018 voyage itinerary. This large storm effectively blocks the ship’s...
Traveling the world brings Derezin family closer together
When lifelong learner Mike Derezin first embarked on Semester at Sea, he his 20s. Now, many years later, he is proud and excited to have made the journey around the...
Voyagers find ways to give back to community in Ghana
Many of Semester at Sea’s programs in Ghana focused on connecting with locals and students did just that. Between homestays and service visits to local social enterprises, voyagers took the...
Ghanaian goat becomes Semester at Sea’s first ship pet
Students brought a new friend on board today, and it wasn’t exactly on the visitor’s list. After spending a day at the beach, a group of voyagers bonded with a...
Interport lecturer Zubeida Jaffer joins community in Mauritius
Zubeida Jaffer, an award-winning South African journalist, joined the shipboard community in Mauritius to talk about her experience as a journalist of color reporting at the time of the uprisings...
Engaged at sea- Spring 2018 voyager proposes on field program
For Stevie Gray and Marcela Riddick, getting engaged on Semester at Sea wasn’t a surprise. After knowing each other half their lives, and in a relationship for six years, marriage...
Gary Goes Global — Los Angeles & Orange County
In his first year on the job, new Semester at Sea/ISE President and CEO Dr. Gary Ransdell has made it his mission to meet as many Semester at Sea alumni,...
On-ship affinity groups foster community and diversity
After long sea days filled with exams, classes and evening seminars, students scatter around the ship to meet and build community with others who share similar interests. From African Dance...
Spring 2018 faculty member wins Hiddingh-Currie award
Faculty member Megan Lewis is much more than a professor- she’s a thespian, a historian, an advocate for human rights, and now, the winner of the Hiddingh-Currie literary award. As...
University of Alabama voyagers play Holi in India
On any other day of the year, Megan Hoeffler’s flaming red hair would stick out among the crowded streets of New Delhi like a rose in a garden of daisies....
Shipboard Community and Creativity in “Another Day at Sea”
For Fall 2017 Voyager Mollie Rubin, a semester sailing around the world with a group of highly talented shipmates served not only as an opportunity for academic and cultural exploration,...
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