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Ward and Zooey Deschanel of She & Him Photo Credit: Sam Jones The Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area is a United States Army Corps of Engineers’ Facility and a unit of the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation System Campus Circle 3.24.10 - 3.30.10 3 NEWS FILM MUSIC CULTURE EVENTS DVD GAMING SPORTS MEDIA BLOGS The Art of Love Books College Central Comedy D-Day Fashion Food Fun For Less Gaming Theater Travel COLLEGECENTRAL Campus Circle > Culture > College Central daily lectures and scheduled trips to the Hoi An area to says Thomas E. Cogswell, Ph.D., professor of the London Hanoi, as well as the former demilitarized zone (DMZ) program. UC RIVERSIDE where a series of goliath towers set the backdrop between Another interesting distinction to the curriculum is North and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Professor Cogswell’s assignments to enjoy and experience “It’s magnificent to learn about something in class London on your own, or with your fellow classmates, through SUMMER and then experience that time, place or culture firsthand,” various assignments and scavenger hunts to London’s most says Christopher Records, whose previous travel study to famous museums. Soon, you come to know London just like Vietnam involved learning the language, people and culture a regular Brit. SESSIONS 2010 by reading narratives by past authors while creating his own The last great destination offered by UCR is their “An unique travel narrative in the process. Encounter with Spain, Past & Present program,” which, Students stay in the city of Hue, where they can participate though you may need to be proficient in Spanish to qualify, TRAVEL STUDY in activities such as martial arts and cooking classes. offers a truly authentic discovery of a rich and influential Program instructor, Professor David A. Biggs explains, culture. “Hue also presents other opportunities for students to learn Past program participant Dorothy Beck explains, “It was BY DENISE GUERRA about development through firsthand experience. Students the best trip of my life. I met some great souls, and I believe in the past have volunteered at orphanages and health anyone who has the chance to do this should!” Students ASK ANY COLLEGE STUDENT WHO HAS PAr– clinics, learning firsthand about public and private efforts to can travel all throughout the country from Barcelona and ticipated in a travel study, and they will tell you it was one alleviate poverty.” Sevilla to Toledo and the Bourbons. After classes, students go of the most profound experiences of their lives. To live and On the other side of the world, a different experience on various group excursions to other cities outside Madrid, learn while exploring something outside the world you come awaits in the sprawling cultural metropolis of London including El Escorial, Segovia and La Granja, Ávila and from is extraordinarily enriching. Travel studies are not your where students are able to participate in a program titled, Salamanca. The opportunity for solo exploration is a must, typical vacations, and though these programs schedule time “Shakespeare’s World: Society, Religion, and Politics in including a legendary nightlife, the Rastro flea market and for leisure, it is the idea of learning through experience and England.” Here, London is your classroom where exploring various museums, movies and plays. exploration that makes the adventure more fulfilling. sights like the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Michelle Gould recalls her trip: “Having studied about UC Riverside’s Summer Travel Study provides students Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace. kings, queens and important authors of literature in Spain the opportunity of a lifetime. Whether chronicling the During the five-week stay, students read famous then visiting the forts, palaces and houses where they actually tumultuous beauty of Vietnam, studying Shakespeare at the Shakespearean works and then experience their theatrical lived was very complementary to what we were learning.” Globe Theatre or soaking in history and culture throughout production at the Globe Theatre. Participants in the past All three programs are offered for the 2010 Summer Spain, there is something to take away from each moment. have been engulfed by the productions, going so far as to Sessions and are open to all students for credit. Not only that, Get ready for a journey that extends beyond the plane ride, even getting some blood shed on them from the stage (it was the opportunity to explore and experience such rich cultural to meeting new friends and the freedom of knowing the washable). settings while enjoying lasting friendships will be the least of existence of worlds that no textbook can describe.