Meet the SAS Summer 2009 Community

The SAS Summer 2009 community is a diverse group of students, lifelong learners, faculty and staff. In fact, our voyagers are the most diverse group of any Semester at Sea journey.

Of the more than 700 students who will embark on the MV Explorer tomorrow in Halifax for the two-month voyage, 20% are students of color and 25 are international students from countries that include Canada, China, Bahamas, Pakistan and South Africa. There are also 22 “Diversity Abroad” scholars on this voyage, the first-ever scholarship resulting from a recent partnership between Semester at Sea and www.diversityabroad.com.

Our faculty and staff hail from various universities and cities from around the U.S. with vast amounts of academic experience and traveling experience. Several faculty members are repeat SAS voyagers. Most are sailing for the first time. A few are making their first voyage out of the continental U.S. They have been working independently for months together as a group for several days to prepare curriculum, programs, and exercises to be ready for students upon their arrival tomorrow.

Check back for future blogs to learn more about the dynamic students, faculty, lifelong learners, and staff who will part of this global experience.