. . . you could be earning credits while four-wheeling in the Israeli desert and swimming in the Dead Sea! 

But don't wait until September to get started!  Save your money this summer so you can join History Professors Caitlin Carenen and David Frye on an amazing journey to Israel and Jordan next January.  Trip dates are December 28, 2013-January 6, 2014.  You will register for HIS 470 and 471 for Wintersession 2014.  The cost of the trip is approximately $3,500.

Highlights include touring Jerusalem; spending a night in a Bedouin desert camp after four-wheeling in the desert; visiting a Palestinian refugee camp; visiting the Israeli Holocaust Memorial; visiting Tel Aviv and climbing Masada; and floating in the Dead Sea!

P.S. The group is forming now, so contact one of the two professors before you leave campus this month.  If you are interested, contact Dr. Carenen at carenenc@easternct.edu or Dr. Frye at fryed@easternct.edu immediately!

Good luck with your exams!

From the School of Continuing Education at Eastern

P.S. Summer registration is still open.  Don't forget to register for Fall.

Global Field Course to Hungary: Summer 2013

When:May 28 - June 10, 2013

Where: Budapest, Hungary

Course Objective: To investigate how the

present-day Hungarian media represents the Holocaust

What to Expect: 

Lectures held at the Budapest campus of McDaniel College and given by specialists from renowned European academic Institutions.

Global Field Course to Hungary: Summer 2013

When:May 28 - June 10, 2013

Where: Budapest, Hungary

Course Objective: To investigate how the

present-day Hungarian media represents the Holocaust

What to Expect: 

Lectures held at the Budapest campus of McDaniel College and given by specialists from renowned European academic Institutions.

Global Field Course to Hungary: Summer 2013

When:May 28 - June 10, 2013

Where: Budapest, Hungary

Course Objective: To investigate how the

present-day Hungarian media represents the Holocaust

What to Expect: 

Lectures held at the Budapest campus of McDaniel College and given by specialists from renowned European academic Institutions.

On Tuesday, March 12, Associate Dean of Continuing Education at Eastern Connecticut State University Carol Williams and Nancy Gould, a current part-time continuing education student, will be on the Fox 61-TV Morning Extra show at 9 a.m. to discuss Eastern's new "Reverse Internship" program.

The School of Continuing Education at Eastern Connecticut State University congratulates this year's recipients of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Award--Senior Soely D. Barros, Justice Lubbie Harper Jr. and the Assistant Dean of the School of Continuing Education Dr. Indira A.C. Petoskey (seen left to right and standing with Eastern's President Elsa M. Núñez at far right).

The Lumina Foundation estimates that in order to meet the demand for educated employees the United States needs to raise the percentage of adults with a college degree from 38 percent in 2010 to 60 percent by the year 2025.  

"Capitalizing upon the idea that working adults have 'banked' valuable applied learning through their work," says Carol Williams, associate dean for continuing education, "we will offer working adults a way to turn that learning into meaningful college credit through a 'reverse internship' concept. Individuals will be able to convert their prior learning into college credits equivalent to a standard practicum or internship that will be usable toward degree requirements at Eastern." 

Eastern is currently creating an interactive "reverse internship" tutorial to be incorporated into our Credit for Lifelong Learning (CLL) program.  Student "competency statements" will be an essential part of the "reverse internship" model. Students selected in the fall participated in a January CLL Portfolio Development workshop that incorporated the new "reverse internship" tutorial. Portfolios that were due at the end of January are being assessed by the faculty.

A benefit of the program is that it will decrease the cost of completing a bachelor's degree at Eastern for students participating in the program by 6-9 percent.  Anyone interested in the "reverse internship" should contact Joanne Melody ( melodyjo@easternct.edu ), coordinator of the program for the School of Continuing Education at Eastern.

By Carol Williams, Ph.D., Associate Dean of the School of Continuing Education
Eastern Connecticut State University

President Núñez has announced the creation of the Victoria Leigh Soto Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund at Eastern to support students studying to be teachers who have unmet financial need.  Donations may be directed as follows:

Victoria Leigh Soto Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund

ECSU Foundation, Inc.

Eastern Connecticut State University

83 Windham Street

Willimantic, CT  06226

ATTN: Kenneth J. DeLisa

Vice President for Institutional Advancement

http://www.easternct.edu/advancement/victoria_soto.html