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Australia

Costa Rica

Florence

London

Spain

Program History

Green River Community College is part of a consortium of community colleges that has agreed (about 20+ years ago) to jointly send groups of students to study abroad. The groups are accompanied and typically taught by tenured faculty from participating institutions. The consortium has a long, successful history of the London Quarter which is offered in the fall,  and then also sponsored Costa Rica in the summer. Costa Rica is a little different in that the Spanish component is taught by local instructors and is now offered during winter quarter. The popular program in Florence, Italy was added in 1999 and is now offered as a Spring quarter program. A programs in Salamanca, Spain has also been added to our offerings.

The consortium selects the teaching faculty from faculty applicants who are asked to submit an application and three course proposals. The curriculum varies from year to year, depending on who is selected.

The Australia program was developed in 2000 by Green River Community College.  In 2005 the program was changed to a combination of a 6-week stay in Melbourne, Australia and a 4-week stay in Auckland, New Zealand to create an opportunity to experience two different countries and cultures in one study abroad experience.

Faculty participants from GRCC:

• Hank Galmish
• Ed Eaton
• Bruce Haulman 
• Wayne Luckman
• Ed Fohn
• Jeff Clausen
• Dave Mullet
• Vik Bahl