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Students Invited to Study Abroad in Ghana



Salt Lake Community College students are invited to study abroad this summer in Ghana.

This multi-faceted study abroad course seeks to emphasize the influences that time, geographic location, and culture - the “power of place” - have on which stories get told, how they get told and who gets to tell them.

While this is, in part, a literature course that surveys different genres of literatures, its foundation is exploring and understanding the integral role that writing plays in individual and community identity formation. Part of the trip will be dedicated to service by engaging with the local community on an afforestation project intended to help rebuild the ecosystem and provide economic opportunities through sustainable farming to the surrounding communities.

Learn about how literature, community activism, and writing has been and can be used to create change through sharing in the work of afforestation, narrative sharing and documentation. We will be visiting several cities across Ghana such as Accra, Tamale and Navrongo over a three-week period. All participants will be enrolled in ENGL 2900: The Power of Place in Global Literature & Creative Nonfiction (3 credit hours) over Summer semester.

For more information about the trip and to view eligibility requirements, click here.

Students with questions or wishing to express their interest in the trip can email engagedlearning@slcc.edu.

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