Tag: study away
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Rock Music Oman 2020 – The Crescent of Learning
I’m homeward bound after the 2020 edition of our Natural History & Contemporary Culture of Oman (a.k.a. Rock Music Oman) course. For the past two weeks, 23 intrepid W&M students joined us for a scholarly, but adventurous, study tour across the Sultanate of Oman. This year’s course was spectacular, but distinctly different than previous years’…
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Rock Music Oman 2019: A Symposium and Celebration
The 2019 Spring semester is underway, but before we (both students and faculty) get completely sucked into our courses we’re going to finish our 2019 Rock Music Oman program with a symposium and celebration on Wednesday, January 30th from 6 to 8 p.m. in McGlothlin-Street Hall 219. Everybody is invited as the event is open…
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Rock Music Oman – The 2019 Edition Begins
We’re back in Oman with the 2019 version of our Natural History and Contemporary Culture of Oman (a.k.a. Rock Music Oman) winter-break study program. It may be gray and wintery in Williamsburg, but the skies over Oman are blue and the temperature is close to perfect. Twenty-one intrepid William & Mary students left the States…
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Why William & Mary? People & Places
Why choose to attend William & Mary? I’ll offer up two reasons to attend William & Mary: people & places. The W&M Geology Department provides a prime example of just why William & Mary is special. At William & Mary, the Geology department takes a broad view on the Earth, offering courses that focus on…
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North by Northeast to Norway: W&M Geology in the Lofoten Archipelago
W&M just finished its graduation celebration, and, as is a yearly tradition in the days after graduation, the Geology Department’s Regional Field Geology course (GEO 310) is off. This year we are headed in a different direction – as we’re traveling north by northeast to Norway, and we’ll be north of the Arctic Circle in…