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Earn course credit during spring break!

During this Spring Break study abroad opportunity, students will work in local schools and live with families in San Joaquin de Flores. We will also stay overnight in Guanacaste for a agroecological immersion learning experience, visit a coffee and cocoa plantation, and work with local students on themes and strategies related to environmental education.

For more information or to apply, visit our website: studyabroad.education.illinois.edu

During this 2020 spring break study abroad trip, participants will visit Milan, Verona, Reggio Emilia, and Venice in Italy.  We will take you to visit classrooms in Verona and Reggio Emilia and learn from the cultural and educational perspectives of Italian students and teachers. We will also meet up with the semester study abroad students and teach abroad students from the College of Education in Verona! 

Participants will visit Milan, Verona, Mantova, Reggio Emilia, and Venice. In Milan, you will see Castellow Sforzesco and Duomo and immerse yourselves in Italian culture and art!  In Reggio Emilia and Verona, we will take you to visit classrooms and learn about Reggio Emilia approach from the cultural and educational perspectives of Italian students and teachers. In Verona, you will also learn about Italian cooking and make some traditional Italian food, as well as learn about Italian wine in a winery. In Mantova, you will go to Teatro Bibiena: the palace where the Opera was born and the theater where Mozart played. In Venice, you will go to a glass factory and lace school in San Marco Square.

For more information or to apply, visit our website: studyabroad.education.illinois.edu

Collaborating with Centre de Formació Permanent at Universitat Politècnica de València (URV), this study abroad trip aims to provide students an overview of education in the Spanish region and a comparative experience between the European and American education systems.

On this trip, students will visit URV, attend seminars at the College of Education, visit local schools, tour local cultural sites such as Reus Art Nouveau tour, and spend the last day in Barcelona. 

Visit our website for more information or to apply: www.studyabroad.education.illinois.edu

During this 2020 spring break study abroad trip, participants will go into the classrooms of Cité Scolaire Internationale de Lyon (CSI) in France and learn about the education in France, discover the impact of different culture and education systems on the teaching in the classrooms, and meet the student teachers from ESPE Académie de Lyon (Claude Bernard University Lyon 1) while enjoying the beautiful cities of Lyon and Paris!

Visit our website for more information or to apply: www.studyabroad.education.illinois.edu

Congratulations to associate professor Gloriana Gonzalez, who has been accepted into the 2020 New Leadership Academy Fellows Program, a partnership between the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good (National Forum) and the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE)