Faculty-led Travel Opportunity –

Four Northeast faculty took the classroom outdoors and overseas in this unique study abroad opportunity for ten students enrolled in Introduction to Environmental Issues during the spring 2017 term! Following six weeks of training on equipment, preliminary experiments, and forming hypotheses, the Northeast students and faculty leaders traveled to Costa Rica to put their training to the test.

Students tested water, air, and soil quality, as well as experienced firsthand the flora and the fauna of this tropical region. Following their weeklong study abroad, students returned to the Northeast classroom to analyze their findings and share those results with the college community.

Faculty-led Travel Opportunity –

Issues of Agriculture instructor, Michael Lechner, took students to Canada during the summer of 2017. This travel is part of a new honors program within the agriculture department: GOALS (Global Opportunities for Agricultural Leadership Studies). This year, eight Northeast students were selected to participate.

The GOALS program provides these students the skills and unique international experience to advance their career in agriculture! They served as spokespersons for agriculture in North America and learned from some of Canada’s agricultural leaders. Students received a firsthand experience studying the North American Free-Trade Agreement, Land Grant institutions, currency exchange rates, and more!