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SUNY ULSTER INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
SUMMER 2012 STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS
We are offering three Study Abroad programs for Summer, 2012, to Panama, the Amazon and Greece. These programs are available for credit to all students, not just SUNY Ulster students, and to non-students for audit.
Departure dates are yet to be announced, but will be in June and July.
The courses are listed below with individual links to each tour's poster. Complete information including course description and objectives, daily itinerary, and any travel documents you will need will be posted as soon as they have been confirmed.
This 3 credit course provides an introduction to the ecology and biodiver-sity of the Neotropics. Following a short on-campus introduction, the entire course is held on-site in Panama. We will visit a wide array of habitat types from highland cloud forest (some reached by horseback), to lowland rainfor-est and coastal systems including snorkeling in coral reefs and an island off the Pacific coast. In taking the course you would be directly contributing to conservation efforts in Panama by supporting our enlightened tour agency that plows a proportion of profits back into cloud forest conservation. One of the cloud forest sites that we will visit is remote, and on private land, and has been found to harbor new species of frogs and orchids.
SUNY Ulster biologist Dr. David Lemmon is the instructor and is accompanied in Panama by bilingual naturalist guides. Additionally, we may have guest lectures by scientists from area field research stations. This trip will be the 12th offering of BIO 226.
- TROPICAL ECOLOGY in PANAMA (BIO 226)
View the poster here.
Complete Information t/b/a.
This 3 credit course, held on site in Brazil, provides an introduction to the ecology and biodiversity of the Amazon basin. The entire course is conducted on board an Amazon river boat, with canoe excursions into várzea and igapó forests (flooded for-ests) as well as travel by foot into terra firme (highland forest). Several of these ex-cursions involve nighttime trips, and some include overnight stays in the forest. Small, isolated, caboclo (river-side) communities are also visited. This summer’s trip will be the 12th offering of the course
SUNY Ulster biologist Dr. David Lemmon is the instructor and is accompanied by lo-cal, bilingual, field guides. In addition, joining us again this summer will be the inter-nationally recognized explorer and primatologist Dr. Marc van Roosmalen. Dr. van Roosmalen is the discoverer of several new species of monkey in the Amazon rainfor-est including the second smallest monkey in the world, the black-crowned dwarf marmoset (Callibella humilis), representing a new genus of monkey. Visit Dr. van Roosmalen’s website, http://www.marcvanroosmalen.org/, to learn more about his work and other new animal and plant species that he has discovered in the Amazon
- AMAZON ECOLOGY
View the poster here.
Complete Information t/b/a.
GREECE
An extraordinary 14-day trip to the birthplace of Western Mathematics and Philosophy. Join SUNY Ulster Professors Douglas Furman [Mathematics] and Ah Tua Teo [Philosophy] on a tour of the ancient Greek world. You will visit
the cities of Athens, Delphi, Mycenae, Epidaurus, Miletus (Turkey) and Ephesus (Turkey), as well as, the Greek islands of Samos, Mykonos and
Delos. You will hear about the lives and works of the early mathematicians and philosophers Thales, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Socrates, Plato,
Aristotle, Epicurus, and Aristarchus, while visiting their various birthplaces. This trip is open to members of the community and to students at all
levels of experience. There are no prerequisites. Open for college credit (3 credits) or for non-students and for audit.
REGISTRATION:
Click on the "Complete Information" link following the program you want to register for above, on the page it takes you to select "Registration" from the list on the right side to complete your registration online. Mail your payment on time to meet deadline, payable to Total Tours International.
Send it to:
Total Tours International
110-21 East Shearwater Court
Jersey City, NJ 07305
STUDENT EXCHANGE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
The Student Exchange Learning Opportunities, offers full semester opportunities in Canada and Mexico:
- Scholarship Money Available
- Study in Mexico or Canada for a semester or for a summer.
- SUNY Ulster offers scholarships to successful candidates who are considering careers in Early Childhood Education, Social Work, Human Services and Nursing.
- For more information view the following brochures:
- The Student Exchange Learning Opportunities brochure
- The University of Arizona Verano en Mexico brochure
- The U of A Summer Intensive program offered in Mexico City and Guanajuato, Summer 2012, dates t/b/a.
- The Student Exchange Learning Opportunities brochure
For more information about SUNY Ulster's International Programs contact:
Richard Cattabiani, 845-687-5135
International Programs
SUNY Ulster County Community College
Vanderlyn Hall 119 C
cattabir@sunyulster.edu
DATES TO REMEMBER
SUNY ULSTER STUDENTS WISHING TO STUDY ABROAD
If you are planning to enroll in any of SUNY Ulster's International Programs for Winter 2012, registration has already started!
Sign up now as these trips are usually oversubscribed!
UPCOMING DEADLINES
APPLICATION DEADLINES:
SUNY ULSTER STUDENTS WISHING TO STUDY ABROAD
If you are planning to enroll in any of SUNY Ulster's International Program, the following dates apply:
For classes starting in the Fall Semester: April 1
For classes starting in the Spring Semester: October 1
ANNOUNCEMENTS
REGISTER for WINTER BREAK NOW!
NEWS
SUNY ULSTER INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS NEWS ARCHIVE
To read past articles about the International Programs, click here.
THINK ABOUT THIS ...
DID YOU KNOW THAT:
- Nearly 206,000 American college students studied abroad last year, up 8% from 2004.
"There's a connection between study abroad and academic achievement," says Michael Palmer, executive director of the Student and Youth Travel Association in Clarkston, Michigan. "And it makes them better global citizens."
Our advice? Come see us for more information.
International Programs
Richard Cattabiani, Director
Vanderlyn Hall, Room 119 C
(845) 687-5135
E-mail: cattabir@sunyulster.edu
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