Emma Harris of New Bloomfield Studying Abroad This Summer

2016 May 24

Emma Harris of New Bloomfield, Pa. is one of 19 Lebanon Valley College students studying abroad this summer as part of the College's study abroad program, which includes 12 foreign countries and two stateside internship opportunities.

Harris, a graduate of West Perry High School, is pursuing a bachelor of science in early childhood education and special education and studying in London, England this summer. The summer program in London, England focuses on comparing and contrasting the national education curriculum in the U.K. with our state curriculum in the U.S., teaching training programs in the U.K. and the U.S., and the structure and role of Parliament and Congress in regulating educational practices.??

By the time they graduate, nearly 20 percent of LVC students will have spent time studying and traveling abroad, experiences that will shape and inform the rest of their lives as global citizens.