Bucknell University Office of Global & Off-campus Education

Bucknell in Ghana SPRING 2020

Fascinated by Africa? Want to know more about Africa? What about engaging Africa by living, studying and doing your own research in an African community? Sounds like the dream education for you? Well, dream no more!

The Spring 2020 Bucknell in Ghana program provides a unique opportunity for your dream education. Bucknell University Professor John Doces will lead the program.

•The core course of the program, “The Politics of Development in West Africa: Ghana and Côte D’Ivoire”, takes a political economy approach to development in Africa. It focuses on sources of development, including internal and external factors with a specific consideration of Ghana and Côte D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) as well as other African countries including neighbors Togo, and other African regions. Major themes of the course include long-run perspective of West African development (1400-2020); culture and development; political institutions and development; external forces including slave trade (Atlantic and Arab) and colonialism. Compare the impact of colonialism on an Anglophone vs. a Francophone African country. Students will also be able to participate in a research project.

•Whatever your major, you can take additional courses in many fields offered at the University of Cape Coast for a full course-load.

•This program will satisfy Bucknell Global Connections requirement.

Students will stay in student housing at the University of Cape Coast, take classes with Ghanaian students and engage the Ghanaian community through field trips, language and cultural learning. For the first time, the program will also be visiting the Côte D’Ivoire.

Students in all years may apply for the program. Please attend an information session to hear more about this exciting Bucknell University program located in a beautiful coastal city in Ghana. Information sessions will be held on the following days:

Wednesday, April 17 Botany Conference Room Noon-1:00
Tuesday, April 23 ELC 217 5:00-6:00

Light refreshments will be provided.

Join us for:

Viewpoints on Immigration from Abroad: A discussion on immigration and the worldwide refugee crisis from personal perspectives.

Thursday, November 17 at Noon (LC Center Room)

Bucknell in Athens-Spring 2018 Info Sessions

■ Mon, November 14, noon, Room 102
■ Wed, January 25, 6 p.m., Willard Smith Library
■ Mon, February 20, noon, Willard Smith Library
■ Thu, March 23, 5 p.m., Willard Smith Library

The Herd is getting ready for the Global Education Family Weekend Abroad Fair

Don't forget to sign up for an absent ballot if you are abroad for the fall 2016! http://www.americangap.org/StudentsVoteAbroad.pdf

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Congrats to our Spring & Summer 2016 Photo Contest winners!

🔸 Landscapes & Landmarks + The Global Classroom: Hanwen Fan (IES Abroad European Union | Indiana University)
🔸 Most Epic Selfie: Alissa Ortega (IES Abroad Cape Town | University of Iowa)
🔸 The Student Experience: McKenna Shuster (IES Abroad Berlin | Northeastern University)
🔸 Internships & Service Learning: Jennifer Horowitz (IES Abroad Cape Town | William & Mary)
🔸 Internships & Service Learning: Shayna Love (IES Abroad Cape Town | Lehigh University)

Department of State Launches a new web page for study abroad students!
https://travel.state.gov/content/studentsabroad/en.html

Students Abroad

Foreign Affairs: Students share stories of semesters abroad - The Bucknellian At the beginning of every fall and spring semester at the University, groups of students travel to various foreign countries to embark on a semester abroad. Whether they’re living with a foreign family in the heart of France or aboard a ship for a Semester at Sea, this experience is unprecedented…

Kelsey O'Donnell kayaks around Copenhagen Denmark during her final weeks of studying abroad. Check out her adventures at thedenmarkeffekt.tumblr.com