The places they go, the things they see
as Manchester College students in January!
Students in Comparative Civilization pose before the astronomical clock on the Old Town Hall in Prague, in the Czech Republic.
They’re spread across the globe. They’re at the presidential inauguration and they’re in a makeshift Nicaraguan clinic. They’re on Tiananmen Square, they’re crossing the London Bridge, and they’re strolling in Barack Obama’s Hawaiian neighborhoods. They’re in Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic … in China, Germany, Great Britain, Jamaica, Hawaii, Nicaragua and Washington, D.C.
It’s January Session 2009 – that special time of year when Manchester College students get to spend an entire month focusing on one class. About 1,000 students are enrolled in January Session 2009, with about 11 percent traveling off campus for their class sessions.
 They’re studying on the North Manchester campus, too, exploring globalization, the history of mathematics, the life of Mohandas Gandhi, the Samurai, Palestinian-Israeli conflict and cinema for social change.
Many of the courses delve into other cultures. PSYC 350, taught by Professor Gary Zimmerman, has carried 10 Indiana students to Hawaii, where an unusually large number of cultures live together in a small geographic area. The students also will learn more about the 44th president, said Zimmerman. Obama grew up in Hawaii, where organizations, tours and websites focus on his roots. Of course, the class will pause to watch the inauguration on Jan. 20.
Art and scientific museums, concert halls and opera houses, remote Nicaraguan “shanty” clinics and even slums are classrooms this January Session.
Students of Professor Leonard Williams spent the first part of the month on campus, studying political transitions. Now, they are in Washington, D.C., witnessing the ceremonies and gatherings of the presidential change, and meeting with journalists, governmental officials and policy experts. (Yes, they do indeed have tickets to the inauguration!)
Manchester’s special session concludes Jan. 27. Spring Semester begins Feb. 4. For more about classes, and enrolling, at Manchester College, visit www.manchester.edu
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Alina BigJohny and Dani Stoy pose before the 19th century Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria. |
