The British Isles – Spring Break 2009

Make the world your classroom with LCC and EF Tours!

Plan your trip now for Spring Break 2009, and travel with Allison Colson and LCC students and friends for twelve days on a tour that encompasses Scotland, England, and Ireland.

Students can choose to earn college credit as part of the Spring Break 2009 educational experience. Scholarships and financial aid may be applied to the tuition fees for LCC credits earned.

Read all about the March 2009 “The British Isles” trip here. Under “Get Started,” click the bullet for “Check out your teacher's tour,” enter the tour number 497773, and click “Go.”

Why should students travel abroad?

The Community College Times article “Study Abroad Increases Access, Opportunities,” by Rosalind Raby and Gary Rhodes, describes the value of international travel: “For study abroad programs to grow at community colleges, there needs to be a shared understanding that such programs are not a luxury for the few, but that they are one of the more effective ways to help students obtain international literacy skills that will assist them to transfer to four-year institutions or proceed into the workplace.” Raby and Rhodes describe several benefits of international travel for community college students: “changes in perception and attitude toward global relationships, increased interest in politics and social service, significant learning curve growth in interpersonal skills, academic performance and reduction of cultural stereotypes.” Additionally, student travelers “may improve language skills” and “relearn heritage cultures and histories.” Finally, “for students who have not traveled beyond their own neighborhoods, studying abroad becomes a life-altering experience.”

In May of 2007, LCC students and friends traveled together with a group of students and friends from Pittsburg State University to London, England, for a week of fun and learning.

View photos of the 2007 trip. “Curtain Time”

LCC student Hattie Steverson (’07) and her friend Darren Weaver who traveled with Allison Colson to London in 2007 stated enthusiastically that the experience was positively life-altering.

For more information, contact:

Allison Colson

Office: M108E

Phone: 620-820-1148

Email: allisonc@labette.edu

Buckingham Palace, London, May 2007