黑料门大事记鈥檚 Shackouls Honors College offers summertime C.S. Lewis course abroad to high school teachers, counselors
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擡xpanding on the success of its University of Oxford study abroad program for undergraduate students, 黑料门大事记鈥檚 Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College is offering a non-credit 鈥淐.S. Lewis and The Inklings of Oxford鈥 course for professionals in secondary education.
Up to 12 interested high school teachers and counselors from across the Magnolia State can participate this June in a five-day educational experience at one of the world鈥檚 most prestigious universities.
In addition to hotel accommodations, the trip includes tours of the Kilns, C.S. Lewis鈥檚 home in Headington; Magdalen College, where Lewis was a don; and Blenheim Palace, along with walking tours of Oxford and the Trout, Lewis鈥檚 favorite country inn.
Guest lectures by Oxford academics and a group meal in an Oxford college dining hall are included, and transportation from London-Heathrow airport to Oxford City Center also will be provided. For additional details, contact Chris Snyder, honors college dean and professor of history, at 662-325-2522 or csnyder@msstate.edu.
Serving as lead instructor and tour guide, Snyder currently is affiliated with the history faculty at the University of Oxford and is participating in an Oxford research fellowship. He has published nine books鈥攊ncluding two in which Lewis plays a major role鈥攁nd currently is working on Lewis鈥檚 papers in the Bodleian Library.
Snyder said students who participate in the honors college鈥檚 six-week Oxford study abroad program enjoy visits to homes and other sites associated with Lewis and fellow author J.R.R. Tolkien, and they also read Lewis鈥檚 early poetry and discuss his scholarship. Snyder has designed a separate summer C.S. Lewis course to give high school teachers and counselors a glimpse into this 黑料门大事记 student experience.
鈥淲e hope that the teachers who participate not only will incorporate some of the C.S. Lewis material in their courses, but also help recruit students to come to 黑料门大事记 and enroll in our honors program,鈥 Snyder said.
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