A ribbon cutting was held on Oct. 18 to dedicate the new Global Engagement Space at Penn State Lehigh Valley. From left to right seated: Jamie Weaver, education abroad adviser, Global Programs Office at Penn State University; Neil Brown, assistant professor of geography and faculty engagement coordinator in education abroad, Global Programs Office at Penn State University; Penn State Lehigh Valley students from first-year seminar class; Kate Manni, assistant director of faculty-led programs and special initiatives, Global Programs Office at Penn State University; Tina Q. Richardson, chancellor of Penn State Lehigh Valley.
Participants in the CHANCE Cuba field program were required to carry out pre-trip, online assignments before venturing into the field to learn from local government experts, university faculty and National Park biologists about ongoing Cuban conservation efforts and environmental policies as they explored the biodiversity of the rainforests of Sierra del Rosario; wetlands, mangroves, forests and coral reefs of Guanahacabibes Peninsula; and farmlands of Viñales. Here the group is in Guanahacabibes National Park.
During most recent field course of CHANCE, students and teachers focused on conservation and the sustainability of select ecosystems in western Cuba. A conservation-based, service-learning project on nesting sea turtles was also performed in conjunction with biologists from Guanahacabibes National Park as part of their Research, Monitoring and Management Program.
The Penn State Lehigh Valley group of students and faculty who traveled to Puerto Rico over Spring Break stopped at a lookout before heading into El Yunque National Forest.
Students on the Ireland Spring Break trip participated in "The Building Bridges Between Backyards" conference held at the University of Limerick. The keynote speech was given by Maria João Vargas-Moniz, Ph.D., from the ISPA Intituto Universitário in Lisbon, Portugal.
Elise Yardley, a junior corporate communication major and business minor at Penn State Lehigh Valley, enjoyed the view at Park Guell in Barcelona while on Spring Break in Spain.
Carla Ledva, a senior majoring in both psychology and rehabilitation and human services at Penn State Lehigh Valley, posed near the Cliffs of Moher while in Ireland over Spring Break.
