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Saint Martin's faculty-led programs

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See learning come alive by participating in a faculty-led study abroad program! This type of program is perfect for students who are looking for a short-term study abroad experience accompanied by fellow Saints. Students will have the opportunity to connect with their professors and earn course credit. Faculty-led programs typically depart in the summer but may run at other times of the year. If you are curious to learn more about upcoming faculty-led programs, reach out to the Office of Study Abroad. 

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Upcoming trips

Temple in Thailand illuminated at dawn

Thailand: An Alternate Approach to End-of-Life Care
June 2025 
Nursing 
Led by Dr. Nikki Berry 
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Office of International Programs and Development
Old Main 430
360-438-4597
studyabroad@stmartin.edu

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Past faculty-led trips

Japan 2024

Faculty and students stand in front of building in Japan
Trip participants got to admire the beautiful architecture in Japan!
Students standing in front of Japanese university sign
Visiting a Japanese university
Students sit at a booth sharing a meal
Sharing a delicious meal
Students and faculty pose with people in historical Japanese clothing
Having a bit of fun at a historical site
Students and faculty standing outside a Japanese baseball stadium
Enjoying a baseball game in Japan

 

Trip details

Professors Chung Lee and Gina Armer of the School of Business led graduate students on a memorable trip to Japan where they visited the cities Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto. Students explored our partner universities and met with local students. They also visited businesses like Shiseido and Toyota. Students even had time to catch a Hanshin Tigers baseball game!

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France 2024

France 2024

An ancient stony street with greenery
A stony street in Sarlat
Three students on a beach with turquoise water
Enjoying the Plage SJL
An old building surrounded by tree-clad cliffs under an azure sky
Perigord
Students posing at the foot of the Eiffel Tower
Paris Tour Eiffel
Prehistoric cave paintings of bison
Cave painting at Lascaux
Students in front of a weathered cave
Grotte de Font de Gaume
Trip details

French professor Kathleen McKain led students to learn about Paris, Perigord and the French Basque country. Students visited world-renowned museums, prehistoric caves, Troglodite villages, chateaux, the cathedral where Louis XIV was married and so much more! Students also had the unique experience of staying in a 12th century gite.

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Denmark 2023

Denmark 2023

A group of people walking down a street
A stroll through town
A row of colorful buildings along a pier
Colorful buildings along the water
Plates of food on table
Danish delights
A group of people standing around a conference table
Learning a lot at the drone testing center
People standing around and on giant Legos
Visit to Lego
A group of people standing in front of staircase
Visiting Partner University of Southern Denmark
Students and faculty pose at a bus stop at Copenhagen Airport
Waiting at the station
Trip details

Professors Chung Lee and Gina Armer of the School of Business led students on a trip to visit our partner university the University of Southern Denmark, located in Odense, Denmark. Students visited the headquarters of well-known multinational corporations, saw robot technologies and automation and learned about sustainable entrepreneurship programs. 

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Italy 2022

Italy 2022

Faculty in front of Leaning Tower of Pisa
Dr.s Julia Chavez and Stephen Mead in front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Students and faculty in front of Dante's tomb
Posing in front of Dante's tomb in Ravenna
Students sitting on a train by the window
Sitting on a train on the way to the next adventure!
View of Italian river with buildings on either side, a partly cloudy sky above
Taking in the beauty of Florence
Two students enjoying popsicles
 Students cooling off at the beach with a fresh popsicle
Trip details

Literary Studies professors Julia McCord Chavez and Stephen Mead led students on a trip to Italy where they studied Dante and traveled to Florence, Rome, Assisi, Lucca, Montecatini Terme and Pisa. Students saw incredible monuments like the Colosseum and the Leaning Tower of Pisa!