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RESOURCES|Spotlights Weldon Pries Facilitating Study Abroad via LConnect
The program is facilitated by the interconnections of information and educational materials within the group feature of Lconnect. Planning, travel communications, and transferring of educational curriculum and design projects take place through the Study Abroad Group in the virtual space of Lconnect. In the planning stage, students receive the information of the programs through group email. Numerous forms and documents are received and downloaded. For the students, the discussion board within Lconnect serves as a conduit for questions and answers about all the essential details in preparing for their term abroad. Many questions about what to bring and packing tips are passed around the group. Essential items such as electrical adapters, raingear, clothing, sheets, travel bags are some of the hundreds of questions that students will chat about. For example, “Should I bring my dancing shoes?” or “How do I call home for money?” Our director in Berlin, Rolf Backmann helps in responding to these inquiries. Because they are stored on the discussion board, they are accessible to all students. Educational materials, including drawings and maps, are sent electronically to Berlin where they are printed. Student projects in Berlin, including drawings, model photos, and reports are sent back to WIT for printing, exhibition and portfolios. The Lconnect group feature is essential for the planning of the study abroad program and the ongoing communication among faculty and students at WIT and in Berlin. Prof. Rolf Backmann, architect and urban designer in Berlin, who has been a Wentworth professor for many years, directs the study abroad in Berlin.
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The Architecture Department has been offering study abroad programs for architecture students for many years. BArch students may spend their 5th year fall term studying and working on design projects in Berlin. In addition they travel to cities in several countries, including Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Scandinavia, surveying the historical and new architecture and urban design in cities of unprecedented importance. More recently, the 4th year BAET students have also had the opportunity to spend their spring term in Berlin.