47th anniversary of the Nicholls Europe trip

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Photo submitted by Kathy Dugas

Nicholls Europe is back with its 47th anniversary summer trip, slated to start on June 16 and last until July 1, 2020. 

“The Nicholls Europe trip has served over 36,000 students since its founding,” James Barnidge, director of Nicholls Europe, said. 

The trip is open to both students and non-students. The trip’s price is $4,195.00. The group size on this trip is usually large, so everyone is divided into two different bus groups to get from place to place. Travel time is done in the morning to open the afternoons for location-based activities. Trip participants get to visit many locales, from the Czech Republic’s Prague to Vatican City to Aldenboden in the Swiss Alps. 

Students don’t have to worry about paying for lodging and trip activities since all those things are covered in the entry fee, but attendees should bring some money for food and souvenirs.

According to the trip’s webpage, there are two different programs students can go through to get credit for this trip: The Undergraduate Program, for college students and junior and senior high school students, and the Upper Division, which is for teachers, administrators and advisors. The courses are “Humanities 260: European Humanities” and “Humanities 204: International Humanities.” Students must pay $800.84 for the three-hour credit or can pay $1,581.68 for the six-hour credit.

To obtain the credit, students must complete an essay from a list of topics provided by the trip organizers.

“The essay question could be on the unification of Italy, Mussolini, Hitler or the unification of Germany,” Kathy Dugas, Nicholls Europe assistant director, said. “We also offer essay topics on the renaissance since we do visit Florence—the birthplace of the Renaissance. Students can choose Vatican City or the counter-reformation. So, we have different topics for essay questions.”

The assignment grades must be turned in by Aug. 5, and students must attend the trip to get the assignment grade and credit.

“Nicholls Europe is one of those pivotal experiences that changed my dynamic with the school,” Caitlin Jones, literary studies major from Raceland, said. “After that, I hadn’t just learned with my professors in class, I’d walked Venice with them. Travel is so life-changing, and college is the perfect time for that. Every student should make a trip with Nicholls Europe, at least once.”