Patty Manhart Spends Winter Break in Vietnam and Cambodia

MADISON, NJ (01/24/2012)(readMedia)-- Hillsborough, NJ resident, Patty Manhart, a graduate student at Fairleigh Dickinson University's College at Florham in Madison, N.J., spent sixteen days in Vietnam and Cambodia, on a study-abroad trip, learning about South Asian culture.

Sixteen students and three FDU faculty members traveled to several cities in Vietnam and Cambodia, visiting sites of cultural interest in Hanoi, Ha Long, Quang Tri, Hue, and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The trip lasted from January 4 – January 19, 2012.

This trip was an optional extra-credit component for the "Pacific Worlds" history class and the "Vietnam in Film and Literature" class. Both upper-level classes, the "Vietnam in Film and Literature" class is an English class. "Pacific World" broadly covers the history of the cultures connected to the Pacific Ocean and the emergence of the early modern world in the 15th century through the era of globalization today.

At FDU, Manhart is a graduate student in FDU's five-year BA/MAT education program (QUEST). She graduated magna cum laude with her BA in History from FDU last May. Manhart also recently completed her student teaching experience at Hillsborough High School.

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