STUDY ABROAD / GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT
Student Becomes Teacher in Zambia Aviation Business Administration major Jack Frankie’s (’25) leadership- based study abroad program in Zambia, Africa, had him teaching math to school-age children, as well as exploring different businesses in the country, complementing the courses he took. Frankie said his experience in Africa changed how he lives his daily life. “I live thinking of how I can help people every day.” His free time was spent taking excursions, such as to a game camp where he camped among wildlife, as well as visiting one of the seven natural wonders of the world, Victoria Falls.
LUCK OF THE EAGLES
You go off with your Embry-Riddle professors and students, creating memories and bonds with them and taking them back here to tell those stories. You can’t beat it.
Embry-Riddle Eagles took to the skies for a month-long study abroad trip to Ireland. Beginning their adventure in Cork, students also made stops in Galway, Belfast and Dublin, visiting some of Ireland’s most famous attractions, such as the Cliffs of Moher, Blarney Castle, Guinness Storehouse and the Jameson distillery. Additional excursions included ghost tours, museums, a boat trip and participating in an Irish sports experience, where students learned and played uniquely Irish sports, such as hurling and Gaelic football. “A big part of the program is the excursions we go on,” said program director and Humanities and Communication associate professor John Lamothe. “That’s really the big draw for the students.” Students had the option of taking one to three three-credit general education courses and were graded on a pass/fail basis.
“One of the nice things about this program is that the classes we offer are classes that everybody at the university needs to take,” said Lamothe. In addition to being taught in traditional class- rooms on various local university campuses, students had an immersive experience, learning in local coffee shops and bookstores, where they explored Irish crime literature.
Jack Frankie ’25 Aviation Business Administration
Lamothe added, “Half of the value, if not more, of a study abroad program like this is the actual experience of travel, of experiencing new cultures, of challenging themselves to get out on their own.”
Touching Lives Jack Frankie with some of the students he taught in Zambia.
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