CSE literary trip to Brontë country

We read at the Campus news of the College of Saint Elizabeth (CSE), Morristown, New Jersey, the following interesting story:

“The Honors Program incorporates a strong belief in the benefits of travel and short-term study abroad,” explains Margaret Roman, Ph.D., professor of English and Director of the Honors Program. “Our students have experienced world cultures by attending such programs as the Peace Seminar, in Hiroshima, Japan, and by visiting the Mexican border to explore how the people there live,” said Dr. Roman. The Honors Program also worked with the English Department to sponsor a tour of literary sites in England. (...)

CSE honors students also get to know U.S. cities by participating in the annual conference of the Northeast National Collegiate Honors Council. This year, 25 CSE student representatives will travel to Pittsburgh. (...) During the conference, CSE students present papers they have prepared as part of their class work or lead roundtable discussions as they interact with other honors students from colleges around the Northeast.

CSE student Brianna Cubby of Hewitt, New Jersey, a junior studying elementary education and applied science, participated in the literary tour of England this summer. She saw the trip as a once-in-a-life-time opportunity. “During the trip we hiked across the moors to see the waterfall where the Brontë sisters would sit and write their stories. It was so beautiful and so inspiring, I will never forget it,” said Ms. Cubby. “Very few of my friends attending other colleges have such opportunities.”

CSE senior English major Julie Salthouse of Millington, New Jersey, also traveled to England. Since her father is from England, she has a passion for learning more about that country as well as other cultures. On this trip, she experienced the communities and landscapes that inspired the authors she has been studying for the past three and-a-half years. “As we hiked through the hills covered with purple heather, green farmland and grazing animals,” she related, “I got a very strong feeling of what it would have been like to see the setting as Emily Brontë saw it while writing her novel, ‘Wuthering Heights,’ in the 1800s. I felt on top of the world, yet very peaceful and calm,” says Ms. Salthouse.

Well, these are not certainly news, but it was such a nice story that we couldn't just ignore it. Brontëbloggers have our weaknesses.

Categories: Haworth , Brontëana
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