Daily Archives: January 5, 2016

Study Abroad Program in Guiyang, China

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Interested in an exciting and engaging study abroad experience in China? Read on to learn more about this amazing opportunity:

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE CHINA: DESIGN / BUILD GUIYANG, CHINA

Program Description

We will collaborate with students and faculty from the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Guizhou Normal University Guiyang, Guizhou province to design and build a play space for disabled children from a local village. We will live and work in the Yelang Valley Park, Guiyang, near the Normal University Guiyang. We will create a series of landscape and sculptural elements for use by disabled children from near by communities. Our project will complement the unique forms and features of this unusual / sculpture park, Yelang Valley, created by the artist Song Peilun, who over 17 years built this memorial to a disappeared tribe who lived in Guizhou a thousand years ago. Yelang Valley is in a forested area far from Guiyang downtown, however through rapid urbanization, the government has moved many universities into this area. Yenglang Valley is next to the campus of Guizhou finance University and Guizhou Normal University. The park occupies about 200,000 m2. There is a small Buyi minority village nearby (15 minutes away by walk) and the level of craft within the park is an amazing combination of dry stone, wood and terracotta sculptural elements. Continue reading →

Information Session for Water Engineering/Science Study Abroad in Jordan

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Interested in Study Abroad? Interested in water engineering and the environment in an International context? The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department is offering the study abroad course, “CEE 497 / CEE 598: ENGINEERING JORDAN, WATER IN AN ARID LAND” in late August / early September 2016. To learn more about this incredible opportunity, please read on:

Students learn about the cycle of water engineering from water resource to wastewater reuses in the backdrop of one of the most water-poor nations in the world, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Students in the course live and study side-by-side with students from the Jordan University of Science and Engineering. This will be the fourth year in which this class has been offered and it has been getting rave reviews from past students. Space is limited and applications to enroll must be submitted by March 1.

Course sections are available for both engineering/science and non-science majors.

Want to know more? Come meet Dr. Heidi Gough, the lead instructor for the course, during an Information Session THIS TUESDAY (Jan 5); 3:30-4:60 PM in Allen Library Research Commons, Red C.

Additional Information Sessions are scheduled for Jan 28 and Feb 8, and additional information can be found here.