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Union College
art gallery hosts photos from tropical travel
LINCOLN—If you
can’t spend three weeks exploring tropical
countries for college credit, venture into the photos of the Union
College
students who did.
A
photograph exhibit gives a
remarkable view of the 15 students and three faculty members’
journey through Costa Rica,
Nicaragua
and Honduras
this summer,
and is on display in Union
College’s
McClelland
Art Gallery
from Aug. 13–Sept. 10.
“I
love the fascination of seeing
students discover new things, their enthusiasm and their sense of
adventure,”
said Don Abbey, professor of biology who originated the first trip and
continues to lead it. This is the fourth year of the excursion, which
includes
three Union
College
classes—Tropical Biology, Travel
Writing and Travel Art. Union
offers the
experience alternate years.
Bruce
Forbes, associate professor
of art and graphic design
and McClelland
Art Gallery
coordinator, said his purpose in arranging the exhibit was to allow
participating students to share and viewers to be inspired about the
world. “Not
everyone can go on the Costa Rica
trip, but if people can get a vision
about this study tour, I think it can promote personal trips
abroad.”
The
exhibit was coordinated by Rachel Turner, a senior graphic arts major,
who was
also instrumental in coordinating last year’s Tuscany
study tour exhibit.
The McClelland
Art Gallery
is in the Ortner
Center
on the Union
College
campus, 3800
S. 48th Street. Enter the campus
from Prescott
Avenue.
The art gallery is open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more
information on
this free event, contact the Ortner Center at
402.486.2545.
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