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December 12, 2000 Travel the globe with Purdue experts during 2001WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – From fashion to geology to the performing arts to exploring ancient Egypt, Purdue University's Educational Travel Programs will offer 13 specialized international travel courses in 2001. "The courses provide opportunities that combine affordable travel, adventure and education," said Joann Chaney, program administrator for Educational Travel Programs. "Experts leading the classes – all Purdue scholars – provide an intellectual framework that allows participants to experience new destinations and to form their own thoughts about their encounters." According to Chaney, the experts develop focused itineraries for the classes and each class offers unique learning experiences. For example, one two-week course requires students to hike throughout the central Alps in Italy and Switzerland, culminating with a tour through an underground research laboratory high in the mountains. Less physically strenuous programs include the 10-day arts and culture course in Spain, the one-week theater and architecture course in London, the 10-day central European course on the Danube and historic capitals, and the one-week course in culture and performing arts in Canada. "We strive to make each class very personal and to provide participants opportunities that they would not get if they were traveling on their own or with travel agencies," said Barbara Mayoras, coinstructor of the Canada course and audience development associate for Convocations and Lectures. "Participants in our course will have opportunities to meet the artists after performances and take part in a lot of backstage tours." "All classes are open to the public," said Chaney. "You don't have to be a Purdue student to enroll in a class. You don't have to live in Indiana. You don't even have to live in this country. "One student from last year is from Australia. She found out about our classes on the Internet, decided to take the course, then met us in Turkey." Fees range from $1,995 to $3,795 for each one- three-week travel course. The fees include airfare, ground transportation, lodging, entrance fees to museums and exhibits, some meals, health and accident insurance, and tuition fees for credit courses. U.S. taxpayers may be eligible for a credit against their federal income tax of tuition and expenses (up to $1,000) related to their participation in these lifetime-learning activities. The educational travel programs for 2001 are: London: Experience Theatre and Architecture, March 9-17 Europe: International Retailing and Fashion, May 14-16 (college credit available) Central Europe: The Danube and Historic Capitals, May 15-26 Egypt: Ancient Mysteries and Modern Wonders, May 17-29 Greece and Turkey: An Aegean Odyssey, May 19-June 7 (college credit available) Europe: The Grand Tour, May 28-June 11 France and Italy: Impressionism Before and After, June 12-24 Canada: Culture and Performing Arts, June 15-21. Oxford, a three-week intensive course that is a collaboration between Purdue and the University of California at Berkeley, July 2-21 and July 23-Aug. 11. Costa Rica: Tropical Ecology and Environmental Science, July 11-20 (college credit available). Spain and Portugal: Art and Culture, July 11-22. Rome: Art, Architecture and Urban Design, July 12-26 (college credit available). Central Alps: Exploring Geology in Italy and Switzerland, July 19-Aug. 2 (college credit available) Source: Joann Chaney, program administrator for Educational Travel Programs, (765) 494-3894 or (800) 359-2968, jjchaney@stew-01.cea.purdue.edu Writer: Bob Johnson, (765) 496-7704, bobwjohnson@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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