TWO FOREIGN TRIPS PLANNED

Students at Southeast Missouri State University have the opportunity to travel and earn course credit this summer.

The university is sponsoring two separate, international trips for students in the foreign language department and the college of education.

In May, the Department of Foreign Language will sponsor "Spanish for Tourism Professions." It is a summer course designed to study tourism and the vocabulary and grammar associated with the industry, said Dr. Leon Book, a professor of foreign language who is leading the trip.

Cost for the 11-day, 10-night trip to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula is about $100 a day. It includes airfare, lodging, meals, tuition and other fees.

The second international trip is sponsored by the College of Education.

It includes traveling to France, Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands in June to study comparative education.

The trip is part of a three-hour graduate workshop taught by Dr. Linda Burns. Elementary and secondary teachers and administrators are eligible to enroll in the course.

During the 14-day trip, the group will visit schools in each country as well as historic and cultural landmarks.

Cost of the trip is $1,621, which included lodging, two meals a day and ground transportation. All events are coordinated through International Network for Education and Travel Inc. in Jackson.

For more information about the trip to Mexico, call Book at 651-2688. For information about the European trip, call Burns at 651-2618.