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12/5/05

SLU TO OFFER SUMMER VERSION OF POPULAR KENYA PROGRAM

CANTON - Beginning next year, St. Lawrence University will offer a summer version of its very successful program of study in Kenya, which began in 1974.

Summerterm in Kenya will be held June 3 through July 1 in 2006, offering students an exciting, multifaceted, intensively cross-cultural experience, combining classroom instruction and field experience in one of Africa's most stable and thriving countries.

Participants choose one of three courses, Challenges in Conservation: National Parks at Risk; Health Care Delivery in a Developing Country; or Archaeology in Kenya: In Search of Our Ancestors. The program begins with several days of orientation, common to all three courses. Students will stay for this period on the University's five-acre compound near Nairobi which is home to the semester program. Orientation includes a game drive in Nairobi National Park; introduction to Kenyan cultures and to Swahili language; lectures on history, geology, archaeology and contemporary issues in Kenya; and the opportunity to get to know the museums, markets, music and art in the nation's capital city.

The value of study in the field is emphasized. Students in the conservation course will participate in extended field trips to two of Kenya's great national parks. Those in the archaeology course will be in the Great Rift Valley for three weeks. Participants in the health care course will spend much of their time in urban and rural hospitals, clinics, treatment centers and orphanages.

The program is intended for students from colleges and universities at any stage of study. The archaeology course has a prerequisite of one course in archaeology or biological anthropology. There are no prerequisites for the health or conservation courses, both of which can accommodate students at introductory and advanced levels.

Students successfully completing the program will earn 1.5 units at St. Lawrence, or six credits. The program fee of $3,995 includes tuition, room, board, cultural activities and park entrance fees; use of program field equipment; and all program-related local transport. Not included are any costs associated with an individual participant's personal expenses and transatlantic airfare; it is anticipated that a group flight will be identified for those wishing to travel as a group. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with March 1, 2006, as the deadline. Early application may enhance the chances of acceptance.

For further information about eligibility and application, visit the University Web site for the Summerterm program in Kenya or call the Center for International and Intercultural Studies, at 315-229-5991.

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