Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.83
Liaison Leslie North
Submission Date Jan. 9, 2015
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Western Kentucky University
AC-5: Immersive Experience

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Elizabeth McGrew
Graduate Research Assistant
Social Responsibility & Sustainable Communities
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Does the institution offer at least one immersive, sustainability-focused educational study program that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief description of the sustainability-focused immersive program(s) offered by the institution:

Toppers at Sea is an immersive, sustainability-focused educational study abroad program. This experience offers a interdisciplinary approach to the study of climate change through a global perspective. Students spend 17 days traveling on the MV Voyager to Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Northern Ireland, and England, learning about best practices for Climate Change mitigation and challenges that face the global community.


The website URL where information about the immersive program(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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