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Topic: Education
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All About Student Assistant Grants
Today is the deadline for Fall 2022 Voyagers to apply for a Student Assistant grant worth $4,000! Student assistants are expected to work two hours a day while at sea. […]
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Tutu Ubuntu Scholarship Gives African Students the Opportunity to Sail with Semester at Sea
When Nancy Tietge sailed with Semester at Sea on the Fall 2010 voyage, she had no idea what would come out the experiences and connections she made on and off […]
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How to Fund your Semester at Sea Voyage!
Funding a Semester at Sea voyage is a topic that comes up often when prospective students are considering their study abroad options. Studying abroad, visiting over 10 countries, earning college […]
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How Sailing with Semester at Sea as a Gap Year Student can Change your Life
For traditional college students the process goes something like this: apply to colleges during their junior and senior years of high school, graduate, and immediately start college the following fall […]
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Students Reflect on Happiness at Shunkoin Temple
While many voyagers hit the ground running and raced to explore Kobe and Tokyo upon reaching Japan, Professor Meg Jay’s Positive Psychology class got to experience a relaxing and […]
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Meet Dr. Gene Gloeckner, Spring 2020 Voyage Academic Dean
We are excited to introduce Dr. Gene Gloeckner to the Semester at Sea community as the Spring 2020 Voyage Academic Dean. Born in East Liverpool, Ohio, Gene attended Ohio […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Entrepreneurship in Action: Moroccan Business Owners Exchange Ideas with Voyagers
For their final field class of the voyage, students enrolled in Colorado State University Professor Chris Blocker’s product design class spent the day networking and collaborating with six Moroccan entrepreneurs […]
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Whales, Sharks, and Penguins: Biogeography Field Class in South Africa
Safaris are often synonymous with travel in South Africa, as flocks of visitors come to spot the iconic Big Five. But did you know that there is also a Marine […]
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Journalism students talk #MeToo Movement in India
The #MeToo movement, which was founded in 2006 but gained prominence in 2017 after accusations of sexual assault and harassment against high-profile American celebrities, has since spread throughout the world, […]
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Comparing Models of Child Development and Education in Myanmar
Spring 2019 Voyagers enrolled in Professor Christina Scott’s General Psychology 101 course have spent much of their time at sea debating the role of nature versus nurture in the psychological […]
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Exploring the Economic and Environmental Impact of Aquaculture on the Mekong River
Sometimes called the “rice bowl of Vietnam,” the Mekong River and Mekong Delta have served as a source for food and livelihood in Southeast Asia for centuries. Traditionally, local farmers […]