Make a donation to support Dutchess Community College Students in the COM280 Study Abroad program traveling to Beijing and Shanghai during the spring 2020 semester. In Beijing, students will visit Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City, The Summer Palace, Excursion to Badaling, Tour the Great Wall of China, Traditional tea ceremony in Beijing, Tour Beijing's Hutongs by traditional rickshaw and The Legend of Kung Fu show. In Shanghai, students will travel by high-speed train to Shanghai, visit the Shanghai World Financial Center, Jade Buddha Temple, Yu Yuan Garden, Nanjing Lu, Bund and Nanjing Lu and attend a traditional Chinese acrobatics show.
Students in the COM280 Study Abroad Program travelling to China will learn:
- the basic principles and techniques of overseas documentary production
- how to research the culture and location for the documentary project
- skill development in camerawork, lighting, sound recording, scriptwriting, directing filming and logging and digitizing footage as they film in another country
- how to express their personal experience in a unique way
- techniques and aesthetic sensibility required to capture the moment
- how to work as a professional team
- develop critical thinking skills
- explore the Chinese culture and embrace diversity
When students return to Dutchess, they will begin post-production, create graphics and titles and complete a half-hour documentary to be screened at DCC and aired on local cable channels.
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Funds raised for activities such as the Study Abroad Program are not meant to supplant state and county funding. The objective is to keep Dutchess Community College in the forefront, and by supporting various student programs, it will help ensure a high quality education. All state colleges are funded with public monies, but it is private donations that make Dutchess a standout among its peers by offering study abroad programs to enhance the educational experience for our students.
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