Immersion in the total experience — the people, the culture, the landmarks, the sights, the sounds, the aromas — is certainly an aspect of the International Education Programs (IEP) trips offered by the Alvord Center for Global & Environmental Studies each year.
Alvord Center for Global & Environmental Studies
The mission of the Alvord Center is to develop globally and environmentally engaged leaders. Through traditional and experiential learning, curricular-based travel, and student-driven research and action, our students and faculty develop important global and environmental competencies that enable them to empathize with others; better understand local and global trends and issues; and develop innovative and collaborative solutions for the common good.
Building upon a recognition that our world is interconnected in a multitude of ways, Loomis Chaffee offers a course of academic study, extracurricular activities, and place-based learning through our Global & Environmental Studies Certificate, International Education Programs, and Environmental Sustainability initiatives.
We may refer to our school as “the Island,” but opportunities to learn about the world and how to play an active role in it abound at Loomis.
Global & Environmental Studies Certificate Program
A comprehensive program of study based on the four learning pillars of the Alvord Center Engaged Citizenship Matrix: Seek Knowledge, Enhance Understanding, Develop Skills, and Take Action.
International Education Programs
Short-term, faculty-led study abroad programming focused on providing Loomis students with opportunities to engage in active, inquiry-based learning and to cultivate meaningful connections to people and places beyond The Island.
Environmental Sustainability
A diverse research and place-based experiential education program immersing students in hands-on, collaborative learning and action-driven stewardship.
Recent News
llegal, A New Musical, with its vibrant and powerful combination of spoken word, rap, and singing, was presented at the Norris Ely Orchard Theater on Friday, March 22.
A Sustainability Education Workshop hosted by Loomis Chaffee on February 22 was a one-day event, but the knowledge gained just might provide an impetus for a lifetime of change.
The Hubbard Music Center lives up to its billing once again as a “hub for all things music at Loomis Chaffee,” with upcoming guest performances by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s Wind Ensemble and violinist Ameen Mokdad’s The Curve featuring the Cuatro Puntos ensemble and the Ekklesia Ballet.
The theme of the seventh annual Katharine Brush Flash Fiction contest is “glitter,” which seemingly is everywhere. A google search of “glitter items” reveals 40,000 results. And as we’ll find out later, glitter could help solve a crime and can help track an animal. So many uses. Who knew? Brush’s debut novel, which she started to write in 1924, was called Glitter, and now, 100 years later, students entering the contest can use that glitzy word to unleash their imaginations.
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