Four Northwestern Michigan College aviation students and three NMC nursing students are heading to South Africa during the college’s spring break for service learning projects.
The students and three NMC advisors are traveling to a town of similar size to Traverse City–Somerset East, located in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
NMC aviation students Marc Bedrosian, Robert Wangler, Aiden Buck and Abigail Smeltzer will be working with Blue Crane Development Agency to help set up a new airfield in Somerset East.
NMC nursing students Kristina Mason, Molly Morrison and Nicole Johnston will be teaching first aid and basic health care to primary school students there.
In addition to their work, students will have an opportunity to visit Addo Elephant National Park, Cape Town, the Cape of Good Hope and tour Robben Island.
Steve Ursell, International Aviation Coordinator, Jean Rokos, Academic Chair of Health Occupations, and Laura Schmidt, Director of Nursing Programs will be meeting with representatives from Blue Crane Community Development Agency, and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University nursing schools to investigate further partnerships and international exchanges.
This international experience is being funded in part by the NMC Foundation’s Global Opportunities Fund.
For more information please contact:
Jim Bensley, Director of Outreach Services
jbensley@nmc.edu
(231) 995-2527