UA Students Blogging About Experience in Vietnam
May 15, 2009 - Filed under: Outreach, Students | Tagged: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, College of Arts & Sciences, College of Engineering, Culture
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — How are 11 students and two faculty members traveling in Vietnam and Cambodia keeping friends and family informed about their adventures? Through blogging.
As part of The University of Alabama Engineers Without Borders service leaning project, the students are submitting regular blog postings about everything from their travel delays to the excitement of learning a new culture. The blog, http://uanews.ua.edu/blogs/ewb/, includes briefs about their trip and photos describing some of the places they are visiting.
The UA team is spending May 10-30 in Vietnam and Cambodia where they are working to assess the drinking water quality in rural households as part of a clean water initiative. In addition to learning about the two cultures, the service learning course will teach students about the awareness of environmental, economic and societal impacts of engineering solutions and the role of service in international development.
For more information about the trip, visit http://uanews.ua.edu/2009/05/uas-engineers-without-borders-traveling-to-vietnam-cambodia/.
In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s fully accredited College of Engineering has more than 2,300 students and more than 100 faculty. In the last seven years, students in the College have been named USA TodayAll-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater scholars, Hollings scholars and Portz scholars.
The University of Alabama, a student-centered research university, is experiencing significant growth in both enrollment and academic quality. This growth, which is positively impacting the campus and the state's economy, is in keeping with UA's vision to be the university of choice for the best and brightest students. UA, the state's flagship university, is an academic community united in its commitment to enhancing the quality of life for all Alabamians.
CONTACT: Mary Wymer, engineering media relations, 205/348-6444, mwymer@eng.ua.edu