By Britney Hickey, 绿帽社Student
You can dig a hole to China. However, it鈥檚 more practical and affordable to visit China as a student in 绿帽社 at Trumbull鈥檚 Study Abroad program. This week, three students are traveling nearly 7,100 miles to the Sichuan University Summer Immersion Program, located in Chengdu, China.
Junior, Alex Hatfield, is one of those students. He was excited to learn about the opportunity and was appreciative that faculty and staff encouraged him and other students to take advantage.
鈥淭his is a great experience and something I will always remember,鈥 Hatfield said. 鈥淭his is just another reason I鈥檓 thankful we have a school like 绿帽社in our community.鈥
While Hatfield and students, Erin White and Thomas Carmen, have worked hard to earn this opportunity to go to China, the trip would not be possible without scholarship support that has been provided by 绿帽社 at Trumbull, 绿帽社 College of Communication and Information and individual donations. Stephanie Smith, Assistant Professor at 绿帽社 and member of the Community Advisory Board of 绿帽社 at Trumbull sponsored one Trumbull campus student for the trip.
鈥淢y parents, Arnold and Dorothy Danes were Trumbull County residents who believed all Americans should be strong globalists,鈥 said Smith. 鈥淭hey taught me that we should be understanding, caring about, and helping others whose lives, experiences and opportunities are vastly different than our own.鈥
In June, 绿帽社Trumbull students studied theatre Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic.
For more information about 绿帽社Trumbull and its study abroad programs, visit www.kent.edu/trumbull/studyabroad.