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December 30, 2002

Fifty-Five Augustana Students Studying Abroad

SIOUX FALLS - Fifty-five students from Augustana College will be studying in foreign countries during the January 2003 Interim period. In addition, six faculty members from Augustana will be teaching courses abroad.

All are participants in the Upper Midwest Association for Intercultural Education (UMAIE), a consortium of nine colleges offering intercultural courses during the January Interim. UMAIE was founded in the fall of 1963 when several colleges adopted the 4-1-4 academic calendar. The UMAIE pioneers recognized they could expand the international curricula, control costs, and increase participation in study abroad if several campuses cooperated in offering courses overseas.

In addition to Augustana, participating schools are Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minn.; Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn.; Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Ill.; Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn.; Hamline University, St. Paul, Minn.; Luther College, Decorah, Iowa; College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minn., and the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn.

Three of the 26 courses offered in 2003 will be taught by Augustana faculty.

Michael Mullin, associate professor of history, and Richard Swanson, associate professor of religion are teaching “Peopling Paradise: Migrants, Missionaries and Money in Hawaii.”

“Poets and Their Places: Ireland's Literary Landscapes” is being taught by Sandra Looney, Professor of English, and Janet Blank-Libra, associate professor of English/journalism.

William Swart, assistant professor of sociology, and Margaret Preston, assistant professor of history, are teaching “Social Conflict and Reconciliation In Ireland.”