Engaged Learning
Eastern students, accompanied by faculty mentors, travel the globe to gain practical experience in their chosen majors. Such pre-professional experiences fall within four broad categories of learning: internships (for academic credit); service learning courses(connecting community service to classroom theory) paid co-ops; and undergraduate research. Visit the web pages for these four learning categories to find out more about how Eastern students are finding practical applications for their liberal arts education.
This map provides an opportunity for you to investigate some of our students’ world travels (sometimes they even stay right here in Connecticut!). We hope these photographs and videos give you a sense of the variety of their experiences and the depth of their learning. Enjoy! (Click on these links for more information on study abroad semesters, global field courses, or our global citizenship program.)
Arizona
Eastern’s Native American Cultural Study program visited Arizona in 2007 to explore and experience
Navajo, Hopi, and Yavapai cultures. The study group visited reservations, sacred sites, national historic monuments, historic trading posts, missions, museums, cultural centers, and archaeological sites. More
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Guatemala
In June 2007, 11 Eastern students traveled to Izabal, Guatemala, to assist in building two homes for well-deserving families. The trip was part of Habitat for Humanity’s Global Village program, which focuses on giving participants the opportunity to visit a foreign country while helping those in need. More
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Brazil
As part of a three-credit upper level course, Associate Professor of Anthropology Mary Kenny has taken her students on field studies in the state of Paraiba in a northeastern Brazil. Students stay with local families and also study Portuguese while in Brazil. More
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Venezuela
CSU Professor of Sociology James W. Russell organized study abroad trips to Venezuela in 2006, 2007 and 2008 to study the ongoing Bolivarian revolution being led by President Hugo Chávez. Students visited and carried out interviews at health clinics, schools, government offices, community radio stations, farms, and cultural centers.More
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Mexico
In summer 2007, Professor Jaime Gómez took seven communication students to Mexico to visit Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve and Biology Station in Veracruz, Mexico, operated by the Universidad Nacional de Mexico. More
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Belize, Costa Rica, Bahamas
For more than 40 years, faculty and students in the Department of Biology have conducted field tropical biology field studies each summer in the Greater Caribbean, including trips to the barrier reefs and rainforests of Belize; San Salvador Island in the Bahamas; Jamaica; Bermuda; and Costa Rica. More
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Belize, Costa Rica, Bahamas
For more than 40 years, faculty and students in the Department of Biology have conducted field tropical biology field studies each summer in the Greater Caribbean, including trips to the barrier reefs and rainforests of Belize; San Salvador Island in the Bahamas; Jamaica; Bermuda; and Costa Rica. More
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Jamaica
Eastern students travelled to Jamaica to build a wind turbine to provide electricity to the local high school and to participate in social work activities in the Montego Bay area of Jamaica. More
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Georgia
Since 2000, Earth Science Professor James Hyatt and others have taken students to Providence Canyon State Park in Lumpkin, Georgia, to examine geologic records of massive human-induced erosion. More
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Ghana
Sociology Professor Dennis Canterbury and Bonsu Osei, professor of mathematics and computer science, accompanied two groups of students to Ghana, West Africa, in summer 2009 and again in summer 2010. More
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Uganda
Gary Mandelburg ’86 B.G.S., business administration; ’96 M.S., organizational management, is the associate director of facilities compliance at Pfizer Inc. in Groton. In 2005, he spent three months in Uganda, where he served as an advisor at the Infectious Disease Institute (IDI) in Kampala. More
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Ireland and the British Isles
Every two years, Visual Arts Instructor Muriel Miller takes students to the British Isles to practice their drawing skills. They are joined by biology students from Central Connecticut State University for a unique interdisciplinary experience. More
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London, England
Eastern students in the Summer in London Theatre Program, which began in 1999 and was last offered in 2010, experience an intensive month-long immersion into the professional world of British Theatre. More
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Italy
In July 2010, Eastern students traveled to Florence, Italy, as part of their studies in fiction and poetry. In July 2011, honors students traveled to several Italian cities to observe and study classic Italian architectural and landscape art. More
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Sweden
In June 2010, Music Professor Richard Jones-Bamman accompanied seven Honors students to Sweden on a three-week tour of Sámiland. They visited the small village of Jokkmokk, 20 miles north of the Arctic Circle and attended the course, "Indigenous Traditional Knowledge." More
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China
In June 2007, a group of 22 Business Administration, Communication, and History majors from Eastern Connecticut State University, along with their three professors, spent two exciting weeks exploring the People's Republic of China. More
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Australia
Every two years, Visual Arts Instructor Muriel Miller takes students to Australia to practice their drawing skills. They are joined by biology students from Central Connecticut State University for a unique interdisciplinary experience. More
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Nepal
Nine Eastern students and their professors visited Nepal in June 2011 to learn about East Asian public health systems. They visited with local medical practitioners, toured Kathmandu and other cities, and enjoyed the hospitality of the Nepalese people. More
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Turkey
Over winter break, 15 students visited Turkey, accompanied by History Professors David Fry and Caitlin Carenen. They visited local artisans as well as toured such archeological sites as the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul; a World War I site in Gallipoli; and the Library at Ephesus.More
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Cuba
From May 19 – 29, 12 Eastern students accompanied Art Professor Gail Gelburd on a global field course in Cuba. They went to the 11th Havana Biennale Festival, visited artists in the city, toured museums, art galleries and art schools, and also journeyed to Cienfuegos where they swam in the Bay of Pigs.More
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Tahiti
Dr. Joshua Idjadi, assistant professor of biology, and senior biology majors Sarah Solois and David Stein traveled to Moorea, an island 10 miles northwest of Tahiti, to conduct underwater experiments within the coral reefs. More
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