{"id":9453,"date":"2013-11-22T17:26:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T17:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/for\/?p=9453"},"modified":"2013-12-09T21:35:37","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T21:35:37","slug":"tusculum-college-medieval-europe-class-explores-norway-on-a-study-abroad-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/featured\/2013\/tusculum-college-medieval-europe-class-explores-norway-on-a-study-abroad-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Tusculum College Medieval Europe class explores Norway on a study-abroad trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eight Tusculum  students, their professor and a community member experienced Norwegian  culture from October 10-21 as a part of Tusculum\u2019s global studies  program. The trip was a part of an upper division history  course on Medieval Europe and focused on Norwegian and Viking history  from the 11<sup>th<\/sup> to the 14<sup>th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9454\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9454\" href=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/featured\/2013\/tusculum-college-medieval-europe-class-explores-norway-on-a-study-abroad-trip\/attachment\/berginphoto\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9454\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9454\" title=\"Berginphoto\" src=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Berginphoto-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Berginphoto-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Berginphoto.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Students Ryan Barker, Erika Allison and Tynan Shadle stand atop a medieval military fort overlooking the city of Bergen.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The group included  Erika Allison, a sophomore museum studies major from Alpharetta, Ga.; Ryan  Barker, a senior history and creative writing major from Laurens, S.C.;  Jeremy Hobson, a business administration major  in the graduate and professional studies program from Knoxville;  William Jennings, a senior history education major from Greeneville;  Trevor Long, a senior political science major from Atkins, Va.; Melissa  Mauceri, a senior journalism major from Pigeon Forge;\u00a0  Tynan Shadle, a senior museum studies major from Lubbock, Tx.; Joel Van  Amberg, associate professor of history and chair of the department of  history and museum While in Norway, the students visited several cities  including Oslo, T\u00f8nsberg, Bergen and Trondheim.  With each city settled in a different part of Norway, the group was  able to experience a wide variety of cultures, environments and regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy  Norway experience was an eye opening adventure,\u201d said Mauceri. \u201cThe  scenery in Norway is absolutely breathtaking. There are beautiful  cathedrals and ancient buildings that  are fascinating.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9455\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9455\" href=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/featured\/2013\/tusculum-college-medieval-europe-class-explores-norway-on-a-study-abroad-trip\/attachment\/vikingship\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9455\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9455\" title=\"Vikingship\" src=\"http:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vikingship-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vikingship-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vikingship.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A  student group from Tusculum College visited   the Oslo Viking Ship  Museum\u2019s display of Viking ships that had been   excavated from 9th  Century burial mounds<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She  added, \u201cThe people are very friendly and easy to communicate with since  they speak both English and Norwegian. I would love to go back to  Norway one day and see even more  of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Oslo, the group  visited several historic museums sponsored by the University of Oslo.  In T\u00f8nsberg the group saw Viking burial mounds and a Viking feasting  hall at the Midgard Historisk Senter. In addition,  they were able to row a reconstructed Viking long ship into a fjord.  Bergen, Norway\u2019s oldest city the group learned was a major trading port  in the Medieval era. When traveling in Trondheim the group was treated  to a tour of the city by Dr. Geir Bergvin, Tusculum  associate professor for marketing and director of the center for global  studies, who is a native to the city.<\/p>\n<p>Other experiences  the group had on the trip included a cross-country scenic train ride  from Oslo to Bergin, a traditional Norwegian dinner at Bergvin\u2019s  brother\u2019s house and free time to explore the cities on  their own. The six-hour train ride passed across several glacial  formations and fjords while moving through the mountainous Norwegian  countryside.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I  was very pleased that students had the opportunity to travel to Europe  and experience directly the history they were studying,\u201d said Van  Amberg. \u201cOne of the strengths of our  block plan is that we can enrich the classroom environment with travel  to sites of historical significance without interfering with other  courses students have to take.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After returning to  Tusculum the group made a public presentation on the trip which  included photos from the trip. During the presentation the group  elaborated on the culture, scenery, and some of the history  of Norway including a civil war fought in the country during the middle  ages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Class members experienced Norwegian culture from October 10-21 as a part of Tusculum\u2019s Global Studies program. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[91,19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tusculum College Medieval Europe class explores Norway on a study-abroad trip :: Tusculum University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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