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Faculty, coaches, staff, and students from around Wabash are blogging for the Wabash web site, bringing an insider's look at the people, news, and events on and off campus.


Immersion Trips
 

London Immersion

Tobey Herzog leads a group of English literature students through London, England to better understand how a writer's environment influences his or her work.

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Math in Prague

Senior math students travel to Prague over spring break to conduct research with advanced mathematics students. This blog focuses on the seniors' experiences as they explore the city's culture.

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New York 2006 Trip

Warren Rosenberg's English students visit New York to interact with its citizens, talk with writers, and explore the unique city life. Written entirely by students while in New York, this blog features the inside experiences of Wabash men in the Big Apple.

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Washington D.C. 2006 Trip

Political Science students traveled to the nation's capital to talk with leaders about homeland security in Professor David Hadley's spring immersion learning trip. Studying Washington politics in books is one thing; experiencing it first hand is quite another, which our students discovered.

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Marketing Immersion 2006

One of the newest opportunities was a one-week immersion in the high-stakes business of marketing and advertising. Wabash alumni and experienced Hoosier marketing experts led the young men through a week of learning.

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Glee Club Tours UK

The Wabash College Glee Club toured the United Kingdom in the Spring of 2006. This blog was written by the men who sang their way around England and Scotland.

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Playwriting in Scotland

Dwight Watson took his Playwriting Class to Scotland for his first-ever immersion trip. The students' discoveries — from riding on trains to treading ancient grounds — provided wonderful material about which they blogged.

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German Students in Berlin

Each year, Professor John Byrnes leads a group of German language and literature students to Berlin at the end of spring semester. The Wabash men spend nearly two weeks immersed in the German language, history, and culture.

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Chicago Urban Education Experience

Teacher education students wrapped up a year learning about teaching in an urban setting by visiting inner-city schools in Chicago for five days. What they learned in the classroom and later experienced first hand provided insights for Wabash's budding teachers.

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La Capital



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Visiting the European Union

Professors Peter Mikek and Stephen Dyson are visiting Brussels and Frankfurt with students to study the European Union.

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African American Rhetoric



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New York's Great Art



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German Language and Culture

Professor Greg Redding leads a group of students on a cultural and language immersion in Deutchland.

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African-American Rhetoric

Professors Tim Lake and David Timmerman lead a group of students to New York, Washington D.C., and Atlanta to study African-American Rhetoric and expressive cultural English.

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Marketing Immersion 2007

Students stay in Indiana to learn the high-stakes business of marketing and advertising. Wabash alumni and experienced Hoosier marketing experts lead the young men through a week of learning.

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New York's Great Art

Art Professors Doug Calisch and Greg Huebener led a group of art majors to New York City over Spring Break 2007 to view the great museums.

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Classics - Italy & Roman Urbanism

Professor Jeremy Harnett leads a class to Italy Spring 2007. The students visited Rome, Ostia (port city of Rome) as well as Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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Rudolph Fund - Summer Study Abroad

Wabash men Michael Vick '11 and Alex Ingram '10 are studying in Germany and France this summer thanks to the Rudolph Fund. They will be providing regular blog updates.

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Immersion 2008: Everglades

Ecologist and Professor Dave Krohne is leading six of his Advanced Ecology students on a week-long trek through the mangrove islands, tropical forests, sawgrass, swamps, bays, coral reefs, and the diverse populations of migrating and native birds and wildlife found in central and southern Florida.

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Immersion 2008: Germany

Assistant Professor of German Brian Tucker will be leading a group of nine students to Germany to focus on German language and culture: grammar, writing, and reading in German as well as learning about its history and present.

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Immersion 2008: Glee Club in California

Assistant Professor of Music and Glee Club Director Richard Bowen will be leading 32 Glee Club members to San Francisco, California for spring break.

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Immersion 2008: Katrina

Assistant Professor of Religion Jonathan Baer will lead a group of 16 Wabash students on a service trip to New Orleans over spring break. They will be helping hurricane Katrina survivors rebuild their homes and lives in Al-jeers, near the French Quarter and Ninth Ward.

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Immersion 2008: Israel

The Israeli/Palestinian conflict is one of the most contentious and longest tenured conflicts in the entire world. Political Science Professor Phil Mikesell ’63 and Economics Professor Frank Howland are leading a dozen Wabash men from Dr. Mikesell’s Politics of the Middle East course to Israel for the week of Spring Break.

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Immersion 2008: Mexico

Physics, History, Spanish professors team up to lead large group of students to see Mayan ruins, study astronomy.

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Immersion 2008: Spain

Associate Professor of Spanish Gilberto Gomez will lead a group of eleven students to Spain over spring break for their class immersion trip.

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Immersion 2008: Washington D.C.

Professor of Political Science David Hadley will be escorting nine students from his Health Policy class to Washington, D.C. over spring break to get a crash course in the policy-making process.

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Immersion 2008: Marketing

Alumni Career Services Officer Lu Hamilton will lead a group of 12 students over spring break as part of the college’s Marketing Immersion Program. The 5-day program will expose the students to many facets of potential marketing careers.

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Immersion: Greek Archaeology - Bronze Age

Professor Leslie Day leads a May 2008 Immersion trip to study the Bronze Age of Greek Archaeology.

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Immersion 2008: Ugandan Madinda Masters

Kyle Prifogle and Professor of Music James Makubuya are traveling to Kampala, Uganda, to take lessons on the madinda (log xylophone.

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Health Care in Chiapas

Juan Carlos Venis '09 is studying public health issues in Chiapas, Mexico. His trip was made possible by a Dill Grant.

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Immersion 2008: Ecuador - Galapagos

Professors David Krohne and Dan Rogers are leading a group of 10 students to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. Follow this remarkable trip as the professors and students share the experience through a blog.

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Immersion 2008: Dickens, Hardy & London

Professor Tobey Herzog led a group of Wabash students to London over Thanksgiving break 2008. The class was studying the works and life of Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy.

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Immersion 2008: Literature in Ireland

Professor Agata Brewer took a fall 2008 class to Ireland over the Thanksgiving break to study Irish authors.

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Immersion 2009: Belize - Invertebrate Biology

Biology Professor Eric Wetzel is leading a group of students to Belize to study Invertebrate Biology.

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Immersion 2009: Expressive Culture

African-American Rhetoric and Expressive Culture is the class being led by Dr. Tim Lake and Dr. David Timmerman. The students will visit Selma, Alabama, and Memphis, Tennesse on their trip.

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Immersion 2009: Glee Club Trip

Wabash College's Glee Club will kick off its Spring Break tour with a joint concert in Indianapolis with Morehouse College's Glee Club. The men will then head to Pennsylvania for a week-long tour.

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Immersion 2009: Italy - St. Francis of Assisi

Professor Bill Cook has students in Italy studying St. Francis of Assisi. Read their daily updates.

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Immersion 2009: Marketing

The Marketing Immersion program has become a key part of Wabash's new Business Leadership Program. Students spend spring break in Indianapolis in a classroom setting, along with field trips, learning about marketing from Wabash alums.

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Immersion 2009: New Orleans Mission Trip

More than 30 Wabash students join members of Crawfordsville's First Christian Church to help with Hurricane Katrina clean up efforts. It's the second straight year Wabash men have traveled to work in the city's Ninth Ward.

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Immersion 2009: New York Art

Wabash College art majors are in New York City visiting the Big Apple's great art museums.

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Immersion 2009: Politics/Economics of the EU

Professors Peter Mikek and Ethan Hollander are studying the European Union with Wabash students. The group will visit Brussels, Belgium, and Frankfurt, Germany.

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Immersion 2009: Spain - The Baroque Era

Wabash students studying the Baroque era are in Spain with Professor Stephen Morillo.

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Immersion 2009: D.C. Externships

Six Wabash men are in Washington D.C. as part of the Jim Graham Externship Program. The students will job shadow Wabash alums in politics and other careers.

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Ecuador 2009

Many Wabash College Spanish students get to not only use their language in practical application but learn about Ecuador during an intensive summer program.

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Florence & Italian Renaissance

Professor Bill Cook is leading a group of 15 students for a two week, holiday break, immersion learning experience in Florence, Italy. Follow the students' Dec. 28-Jan. 8 experience.

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