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Date: 3/8/00
Contact: Christina Chapple 22
STUDY ABROAD IS 'INVESTMENT' IN STUDENTS' FUTURES
HAMMOND -- President Sally Clausen has said that she wants to both bring the world
to her students at Southeastern Louisiana University and to send those students out into it.
To help students develop a more global outlook in a world that technology is rapidly
shrinking, Southeastern has staged programs emphasizing cultural diversity such as
"International Week," hosted talks about their countries by international graduate students,
strengthened ties with Central American countries, and brought to campus guest speakers from
Mexico, Haiti and Costa Rica.
Southeastern has also developed a wide variety of study abroad programs, which this
summer includes sites in Europe, Great Britain and the Caribbean, according to Charles A.
Dranguet, coordinator of Southeastern's International Studies Program.
Studying abroad, Dranguet says, "is not a cost -- it's an investment in futures and careers.
Employers love to see foreign study on a student's resume and facility in a second language also
looks really good!"
He said financial aid is available for all Southeastern study abroad programs and that by
combining courses on campus with interim courses abroad, students can earn up to 16 hours of
semester credit between spring and fall 2000 semesters. Students who are interested in summer
study should talk to their financial aid counselor as soon as possible, Dranguet said.
Southeastern's seven study abroad programs include three sponsored by the university
and four offered in partnership with other universities:
Study Tour of France 2000, Paris and Provence, France -- July 3-August 7. The
five-week program, which will be led by Margaret Marshall, head of Southeastern's foreign
languages and literatures department, can earn students up to six hours credit in French grammar,
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literature, conversation, and civilization courses. Students can also take an English literature and
a marketing course. The $3,999 cost includes airfare.
Spanish Language and Culture Program, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla,
Mexico -- May 26-July 7. Through Southeastern's oldest foreign study program, students can
take beginning and intermediate Spanish, advance Spanish grammar, Spanish conversation, and
Latin American (Mexican) civilization courses. Participants can earn up to nine hours credit.
Jane Dunn will again lead the six-week program, which costs $3,199, including airfare.
Italian Languages and Culture Study Program, Verona, Italy -- June 1-July 3. In
five weeks students can earn up to six hours credit in elementary and intermediate Italian and
Latin, Greek and Roman mythology (taught in English), Italian culture and civilization, and
English literature. The cost is $4,199, including airfare.
British Studies Program, London, England -- July 6-August 7. Offered through a
partnership with the University of Southern Mississippi, the five-week program, the largest in the
United States, offers up to six hours credit in 26 courses. Students can study anthropology, art
history, computer sciences, English literature, geography, history, library science, political
science, sociology, speed and hearing sciences, accounting, management, finance, economics and
marketing. The $4,399 cost includes airfare.
Scotland: Heritage, Politics and Cultural Program, Edinburgh, Scotland -- August
4-19. Participants in the British Studies Program get a $500 discount for this 16-day program that
can earn them four hours of credit. Students can study history, political science, philosophy and
international studies. The cost is $2,899, including airfare. History and government professor
Peter Petrakis will lead the Southeastern students.
Caribbean Studies Program, Ocho Rios, Jamaica -- May 14-31. The 17-day interim
program offers courses in criminal justice, sociology, nursing, geography, history, music, social
work, women studies, anthropology, economic development and English literature. Students can
earn up to four hours credit for a cost of $2,199, including airfare.
International Summer School, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria -- July
2-August 13. The six week program offers 55 courses in English including anthropology,
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business administration, drama and communication, economics, English, fine arts, finance,
geography, German language, history, management marketing, music, philosophy and political
science. Students can earn from six to nine hours credit. History professor Andrew Traver and
political science professor Kurt Corbello will accompany the Southeastern contingent to this 25-
year old program. The $3,595 cost does not include airfare.
"Southeastern study abroad programs have gotten rave reviews from our students," said
Dranguet.
For additional information, contact Dranguet at D Vickers Hall Room 246, (504) 549-
5354 or cdranguet@selu.edu.
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