When I polled my students about their dream study abroad destination New Zealand was #1 on their list. After an incredible trip in January 2016 I am thrilled to announce that will be running this trip again.
Students enrolled in COM 382 Digital Publishing in Fall 2020 will travel to New Zealand during the intercession in January 2021. Our time in New Zealand will be spent taking photographs and recording video to accompany the documentary stories we will create in class during Fall 2020. Once on the ground in New Zealand (January 2021) we will be filming our scripts with an action-packed agenda of stunning locations.
During our time in New Zealand’s South Island we will practice astrophotography at two Dark Sky Reserve locations, explore the Southern Alps, take a Lord of the Rings Middle Earth tour, practice time-lapse photography at Lake Tekapo, hike Aoraki Mt Cook and its glaciers, visit Lake Wanaka, trek in Fiorland National Park, a UNESCO heritage site, and cruise the fjords of Milford Sound. Our final stop, Queenstown, is known as the adventure capital of the world.
This course fulfills an upper-level COM elective
It is open to all SJU students, with no prerequisite
It fulfills the GEP Writing Intensive Overlay - link in profile
#gratitudes Sleeping to the sound of wind and waves
Toast with tahini, banana, and honey
The smell of eucalyptus in the air
Lighting a beeswax candle at Megalochari, the Virgin Mary of the Great Grace, the largest pilgrimage site in Greece
This rural island
Dinner on the sea with marinated anchovies, local artichokes, fresh tomatoes, octopus, and red mullet
Drinking @tinoseveryday natural wine “10+12” - with hints of pineapple while contemplating its name
A partner to be honest with
A shooting star on the beach
