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Watch all of Summer 2014's TEDxSemesteratSea Talks Online

“Anchors Away: From Ideas to Action,” was the theme for the Summer 2014 TEDx Semester at Sea aboard the MV Explorer in Helsinki on August 5. Passionate speakers shared how they may have been limited in the […]
Student View: Nothing Should Stop You from Pursuing Your Dreams

Editor’s Note: At the end of each SAS voyage, a convocation is held in the Union to celebrate the end of a successful semester. For the Summer 2014 voyage, faculty […]
Preserving Semester at Sea Memories in Print and Video Journals

Whether it’s pen to notebook, paintbrush to paper, or digital video to computer, students on the Summer 2014 voyage have created poignant documentation of their new experiences, friendships and adventures […]
An Up-Close Look at Education and Social Change in Poland

Students in Dan Garvey’s “Theory and Practice of Social Change” class got a fascinating firsthand view of not only how education in Poland evolved after the fall of communism in […]
From Ghana to Europe and Beyond: A Longtime Friend of SAS Finally Sails

Student voyager Frederick Frimpong first learned about Semester at Sea when he met, by chance, a few students on the Fall 2009 voyage while the MV Explorer was docked near […]
Photo Essay: Exploring Estonia

On the Summer 2014 voyage, students have been welcome to travel independently within each country — including making their own overnight accommodations off the ship if they choose. But they […]
Lexicon of Sustainability Pop-up Art Show on the MV Explorer

In what might be the MV Explorer‘s first “flash-mob pop-up art show,” more than 60 students in Rocky Rohwedder’s “Sustainable Communities” Global Comparative Lens class marched from the Union past […]
Russia and Finland: Comparison of Home Visits in Komarovo and Helsinki

Some Semester at Sea programs give students an opportunity to get away from the hustle and bustle of cities for a different type of cultural experience: a true taste of […]
Learning about Sustainable City Planning in Helsinki

This summer, students in Professor Rick Barnes’ Sustainable Lifestyles class have discussed how a community’s design is intimately related to how residents of that community live. This psychology course has […]
A Recap of TEDx SemesteratSea – "Anchors Away: From Ideas to Action"

The shipboard community packed the Union to listen to seven smart, savvy, gutsy speakers as they shared insightful information and inspiring ideas during TEDx SemesteratSea, whose theme was “Anchors Away: […]
Sustainable Stockholm: The EU's Greenest City

The city of Stockholm, Sweden, held many surprises for Summer 2014 voyagers. The old town was quaint and beautiful, and offered a variety of wonderful options for dining on Swedish […]
Stockholm and Area Islands in Photos

Three different cameras and three different experiences over three days in Stockholm and its environs. We, the communications team on the Summer 2014 voyage, snapped away as we visited the […]
A Serendipitous Scientific Sighting: Big Bloom in the Baltic

A calm Baltic, balmy temperature, and blue skies – it would be criminal, stunningly criminal, to show my 0920 Marine Biology class a PowerPoint on the Baltic Sea in a […]
Highlights of Field Programs in Russia

St. Petersburg offered a huge variety of field programs for voyagers to experience Russia, from the expected wealth of museum and city-orientation tours to a unique tea with Russian families […]
Sibling Stories from Semester at Sea

Forget sibling squabbles or birth-order blues. The sets of brothers and sisters on the Summer 2014 voyage are thicker than thieves. The siblings tell tales of traveling together in port, […]