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A Presentation for [Organization] by SAS Alumn[us/a] [Your Name]

Semester at Sea Your Once-in-Lifetime is Now. A Presentation for [Organization] by SAS Alumn[us/a] [Your Name]. Mission To educate individuals with the global understanding necessary to address the challenges of our interdependent world. Background Established in 1963

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A Presentation for [Organization] by SAS Alumn[us/a] [Your Name]

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  1. Semester at Sea • Your Once-in-Lifetime is Now A Presentation for [Organization] by SAS Alumn[us/a] [Your Name]

  2. Mission • To educate individuals with the global understanding necessary to address the challenges of our interdependent world. • Background • Established in 1963 • Only shipboard study abroad program of its kind in the world • Operated by the nonprofit Institute for Shipboard Education • University of Virginia is the academic sponsor • 107 voyages and counting • Alumni: more than 55,000 from 1,500 institutions

  3. MV Explorer • Passenger ship outfitted as a floating college campus • 590-feet, 7 decks, 25,000 tons • Exemplary safety and health ratings • Amenities and resources: • 9 state-of-the-art classrooms • Union • 9,000-volume library • Wireless Internet • Computer lab • Recreational facilities • 2 dining rooms • Outdoor pool • Fitness center • Sports court • Wellness center • Medical clinic

  4. Programs • Undergraduate • 600-700 each term representing more than 280 institutions • Receive transferable course credit from U.Va. • Participate in field excursions and independent travel • Lifelong Learning • Adults age 40+ • Generally 10% of voyage population • Can audit SAS courses and participate in field program • Enrichment Voyages (non-credit) • Based on SAS model • 14-21 day educational voyages to 8-12 destinations

  5. SAS Voyages • Fall and Spring • 100-110 days • 10-12 international destinations • Traverse the Panama Canal or Amazon Basin • 12-15 transferable credits • Summer voyages • 65-70 days: • Focus on Europe and North Africa • 8 international destinations • 9-12 transferable credits • Short-term voyages • 20-25 days • Interdisciplinary examination of a central theme • 6-8 international destinations • 4-5 transferable credits

  6. Notable Lecturers and Guests • SHRM King Mohamed VI (King of Morocco) • HRH MoulayRachid (Prince of Morocco) • Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Nobel Laureate) • Mother Teresa (Nobel Laureate) • Nelson Mandela (First President of South Africa, Nobel Laureate) • Fidel Castro (Cuban President) • Anwar Sadat (Egyptian President) • Indira Gandhi (Indian Prime Minister) • Mikhail Gorbachev (USSR President) • Corazon Aquino (President of the Philippines) • Arthur C. Clark (Author of 2001: A Space Odyssey)

  7. Learning Outcomes • 97% report Semester at Sea as their most significant college experience. • 73% say the impact has not diminished with time. • 42% spent extended time living and studying in other countries after Semester at Sea. • 39% traveled to revisit and learn more about countries they visited on their voyage. • 22% report they went on to work outside the U.S. after Semester at Sea. • Source: Bob Weigl Study, 2009.

  8. Value & Benefits • Exposure to world’s most pressing issues and challenges • Multiple-country, global, comparative approach • Beyond-the-classroom interaction with local peoples and cultures • Engaging interaction with faculty in a living-learning environment • First-hand application of theory and methodology in-country • Enhanced understanding of developing nations • Understanding of the complexity, dynamics, and interdependence of world systems • Lifelong friendships and professional contacts

  9. Testimonials “In the past 100 days my mind, my perceptions, my opinions, and my emotions have been challenged in ways I could have never even imagined. I fell in love with the world and in love with its people. Semester at Sea changed me as a person, and that is the greatest gift I have ever been given.” —Kaitlin Kikalo “I LOVE HAVING THIS ON MY RESUME! It always gets people talking and asking in job interviews. It just makes me unique from the other candidates.” —Kris Kellar Kahle

  10. My SAS Experience • Insert your details here. When did you sail? What were the lasting and life-changing outcomes? • Add your photo(s) to the presentation to personalize and customize

  11. Upcoming SAS Itineraries • Short-Term 2012 • May 21 to June 15 • Puntarenas, Costa Rica • Callao, Peru • Transit Panama Canal • Colon (Cristobal), Panamá • Puerto Limón, Costa Rica • Puerto Cortés, Honduras • Belize City, Belize • Progreso, Mexico • Fort Lauderdale, Florida

  12. Get Connected with SAS! • SAS website • Facebook • Twitter • Vimeo • YouTube • iTunes • News from the Helm Institute for Shipboard Education – Communications Training

  13. Questions? • For more information: • 800.854.0195 • info@semesteratsea.org • www.semesteratsea.org

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