Bus trip hardly qualifies as a break
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Photo by Tom Campbell
The travel group posed for a sunrise photo on the beach at Dauphin
Island, Ala., before boarding their bus for the next destination.
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At Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, the group was treated
to an authentic Cajun crawfish boil. The very next night at the Dauphin
Island Sea Lab and Shellfish Hatchery, they were treated to a feast
of oysters and, yes, more crawfish.
"I hope I don't see another crawfish for a long, long time,"
says Megan Pence, a senior from Risedale, Ind.
"You really can't beat the price, and it's very educational,"
Kepler says. "Anywhere else I would have gone for spring break
would have cost me more money and I wouldn't have learned nearly as
much."
When classes start in January, students divide into groups. Each one
is responsible for one or two stops on the tour, everything from getting
the bus driver directions to making a short presentation to the class
about the stop to providing small Purdue gifts for the hosts at each
site.
Each group must write a report and make a presentation about the trip
to parents, faculty and fellow students during Purdue's Gala Week festivities
in April.
The students are given assignments that match their background, career
interests and goals.
"Some people may not be really interested in a particular aspect
of agriculture on the trip, like poultry production," Kepler says,
"so they may not get much out of a particular stop on the tour.
But then you see them get more involved in another area on another part
of the trip that may be more in line with their career interest. That's
pretty neat."
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