{"656553":{"#nid":"656553","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Experiential Undergraduate Programs at Georgia Tech-Lorraine ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESince the development of the undergraduate program at Georgia Tech-Lorraine (GTL) in 1998, undergraduate students have flocked to GTL each semester to experience Europe, while staying on track toward their degree, and this year is no different! With 131 students at GTL this Spring, 330 students set to attend in the Summer, and applications currently open for Fall, GTL will serve over 500 undergraduate students in 2022 alone.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIt is clear why students continue choosing GTL as their home-away-from-home, as GTL offers students unique opportunities to immerse themselves in the culture of France and to become part of the community in which they study.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EServe-Learn-Sustain France: French Immersion Program\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sls-france.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EServe-Learn-Sustain France (SLS-France) Program\u003C\/a\u003E launched in 2019 and is now offered at GTL each Fall. This program gives students with an intermediate level of French language skills the opportunity to take their cultural immersion to the next level, gain advanced French language practice, and participate in the region\u0026rsquo;s sustainability efforts (Metz is nicknamed \u0026ldquo;The Green City,\u0026rdquo; after all!).\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe students in this program are required to take two French language courses: one classroom-based and one community-based. In class, students examine ethical, political, and economic issues, study the logic and practice of local and regional cooperation in Metz as well as the practices of international cooperation, and gain an understanding of eco-responsibility. Outside of the classroom, the students put these lessons to use in real-time by engaging in fieldwork with local partners, attending events in Metz, touring local facilities related to sustainability, and participating in zero-waste workshops.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0026rsquo;s cohort of 17 students was led by Dr. St\u0026eacute;phanie Boulard, who enriched the program with new visits and workshops, and expanded collaborations with local partners. Fall students had a packed schedule with visits in Metz and the surrounding regions along with trips to Strasbourg and Paris, learning about everything from how to make plant-based zero-waste meals to visiting M\u0026eacute;thavalor, a biomass recycling center.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I will miss this lovely city I have gotten to know so well and the community that we have created here in the SLS-France program. This program has given me lifelong friends and memories that I will never forget, and for that, I am eternally grateful,\u0026rdquo; student blogger Savannah Simpson wrote in her \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sls-france.gatech.edu\/2021\/12\/22\/weeks-12-13-savannahs-final-blog\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eblog post\u003C\/a\u003E reflecting on the Fall 2021 SLS-France Program.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Fall SLS-France students will never forget this semester where they truly personified Ren\u0026eacute; Dubos\u0026rsquo; maxim - \u0026ldquo;Think globally, act locally.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETaking Learning Outside of the Classroom with INTA and HTS Courses\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the many unique opportunities that a semester at GTL offers is the ability to take learning beyond the walls of the classroom. Students can learn about a historical event in class, and then actually travel to see the relevant sites and artifacts located near Metz!\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the INTA 2221 course, \u0026ldquo;Politics of the European Union: Metz as a Gateway to Understanding France and Europe Today,\u0026rdquo; Dr. Vicki Birchfield and adjunct lecturer Sonia Serafin put their lecture material into historical, geostrategic, and cultural context by taking students on site visits to important landmarks in and near Metz. Within the first week alone, the instructors guide students through Trier, Germany (Germany\u0026rsquo;s oldest city and home to Roman baths, a Roman amphitheater, and the Karl Marx Museum), to the outskirts of Metz to see Roman aqueducts and an archeological site, and through downtown Metz for visits to the St. Etienne Cathedral, St. Maximin church, Museum of the Golden Court, and Centre Pompidou. The site visits span the course of the semester and even include trips to the European Parliament in Strasbourg and the Schengen Museum in Luxembourg.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESimilarly, the HTS 2100 course \u0026ldquo;Science and Technology in the Modern World: Regions of Europe,\u0026rdquo; taught by Dr. Tim Stoneman is an interactive course based around industrial regions. The site visits cover a wide array of industries present in the Grand Est region, such as breadmaking, cast iron and ductile iron, video games and e-sports, start-up incubators, nuclear energy production, and solid waste management. Sometimes, students even get the chance to visit the BMW headquarters in Munich or the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;I think the ability to visualize both the history but also the motivations of people historically linked to the city and its buildings is one of the main reasons why it is so important to visit these sites,\u0026rdquo; an HTS 2100 student wrote about this course in 2021.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech-Lorraine aims to ensure that all students can participate in experiential learning both through our academic programs and extracurricular activities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech-Lorraine undergraduates discover the region and take learning outside of the classroom."}],"uid":"28490","created_gmt":"2022-03-22 22:13:57","changed_gmt":"2022-03-29 17:08:02","author":"Andrea Gappell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-03-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-03-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"656550":{"id":"656550","type":"image","title":"SLS-France students at the M\u00e9thavalor recycling plant ","body":null,"created":"1647985982","gmt_created":"2022-03-22 21:53:02","changed":"1647986042","gmt_changed":"2022-03-22 21:54:02","alt":"SLS-France students at at the M\u00e9thavalor recycling plant ","file":{"fid":"248870","name":"3-SLS-Methavolor.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/3-SLS-Methavolor.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/3-SLS-Methavolor.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":66491,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/3-SLS-Methavolor.jpg?itok=CveJbg83"}},"656551":{"id":"656551","type":"image","title":"INTA 2221 class at the archeological site of Mont St. Germain ","body":null,"created":"1647986201","gmt_created":"2022-03-22 21:56:41","changed":"1647986302","gmt_changed":"2022-03-22 21:58:22","alt":"INTA 2221 class at the archeological site of Mont St. Germain ","file":{"fid":"248871","name":"3-Inta2221.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/3-Inta2221.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/3-Inta2221.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":205521,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/3-Inta2221.jpg?itok=zimTbwit"}},"656552":{"id":"656552","type":"image","title":"HTS 2100 students visiting a nuclear power plant in Chooz, France ","body":null,"created":"1647986459","gmt_created":"2022-03-22 22:00:59","changed":"1648658198","gmt_changed":"2022-03-30 16:36:38","alt":"HTS 2100 students visiting a nuclear power plant in Chooz, France ","file":{"fid":"248872","name":"3-HTS2100-ChoozNuclear.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/3-HTS2100-ChoozNuclear.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/3-HTS2100-ChoozNuclear.png","mime":"image\/png","size":146579,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/3-HTS2100-ChoozNuclear.png?itok=ubdwJTD-"}}},"media_ids":["656550","656551","656552"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/sls-france.gatech.edu","title":"SLS-French Immersion Program at Georgia Tech-Lorraine"},{"url":"https:\/\/lorraine.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech-Lorraine"}],"groups":[{"id":"54809","name":"Georgia Tech-Europe (GTE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13161","name":"Georgia Tech-Lorraine"},{"id":"168071","name":"serve-learn-sustain"},{"id":"183016","name":"SLS-France"},{"id":"190207","name":"INTA 2221"},{"id":"183408","name":"HTS 2100"},{"id":"173909","name":"Tim Stoneman"},{"id":"190210","name":"Vicki Birchfiied"},{"id":"170955","name":"Stephanie Boulard"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Allie.crain@gtl.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAllie Crain\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOutreach Coordinator, Georgia Tech-Lorraine\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Allie.crain@gtl.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}