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Travel Club sees the world
LCCC group takes yearly trip
Lyndsay marvin
Issue date: 9/26/07 Section: Life
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For anyone interested in traveling the world, Lorain County Community College has a travel club that any student can join.
Maria A. McConnell, Professor at LCCC, is advisor for the club. She has been advisor since the club began, which was about 20 years ago.
In those previous 20 years, the Travel Club has traveled all over. Each year, they arrange an international trip, usually for somewhere in Europe. They are hoping to visit Asia soon. The international trips are usually between the spring and summer semesters, so that LCCC faculty has a chance to go on the trips.
The Travel Club also likes to stay close to home. 'It's really true that you don't know what is in your own backyard," said McConnell.
They did a Haunted Ohio tour a couple years ago, which was a favorite among the club members. The tour included visits to different haunted houses around the state of Ohio, as well as a visit to the Mansfield Prison. They are hoping to go back.
The club also took a trip to New York City last December. The year before last, they took a two-day trip to Chicago. Both were for Christmas shopping.
The club has also taken trips to the Lake Erie Islands and Crawford Auto and Aviation Hotel and Museum. McConnell wants to arrange trips to visit museums in University Circle and possibly the Underground Railroad in the future.
"Whatever the members want to do is fine with me," said McConnell. "I'm game for anything."
The Travel Club usually has 15-20 members, but this year is a slow one. Most of the previous members have graduated, and a lot of McConnell's tourism and travel classes are online.
"It is hard to get students to come to campus when their classes are online," McConnell said.
The club was originally for tourism and travel students, but McConnell decided it was best to let any student join. "Not only tourism and travel students want to travel."
Fundraisers are the main source of money for the Travel Club. Their favorite way to raise funds is to sell Malley's candy bars. They sometimes hold bake sales or sell kitchen towels, although it isn't as frequent. The members of the club only have to pay for parts of the trip if the money was not raised. In most occasions, the cost is minimal, and only the guests of the members have to pay it. The club always reimburses gas money if students drive.
Students are interested in the Travel Club because it gives them a chance to explore the world they live in. Some students have never flown in an airplane or been out of the country, and McConnell likes that she has given that opportunity to her students.
McConnell says, "It brings me pleasure. The look in the students' eyes is most rewarding."
Maria A. McConnell, Professor at LCCC, is advisor for the club. She has been advisor since the club began, which was about 20 years ago.
In those previous 20 years, the Travel Club has traveled all over. Each year, they arrange an international trip, usually for somewhere in Europe. They are hoping to visit Asia soon. The international trips are usually between the spring and summer semesters, so that LCCC faculty has a chance to go on the trips.
The Travel Club also likes to stay close to home. 'It's really true that you don't know what is in your own backyard," said McConnell.
They did a Haunted Ohio tour a couple years ago, which was a favorite among the club members. The tour included visits to different haunted houses around the state of Ohio, as well as a visit to the Mansfield Prison. They are hoping to go back.
The club also took a trip to New York City last December. The year before last, they took a two-day trip to Chicago. Both were for Christmas shopping.
The club has also taken trips to the Lake Erie Islands and Crawford Auto and Aviation Hotel and Museum. McConnell wants to arrange trips to visit museums in University Circle and possibly the Underground Railroad in the future.
"Whatever the members want to do is fine with me," said McConnell. "I'm game for anything."
The Travel Club usually has 15-20 members, but this year is a slow one. Most of the previous members have graduated, and a lot of McConnell's tourism and travel classes are online.
"It is hard to get students to come to campus when their classes are online," McConnell said.
The club was originally for tourism and travel students, but McConnell decided it was best to let any student join. "Not only tourism and travel students want to travel."
Fundraisers are the main source of money for the Travel Club. Their favorite way to raise funds is to sell Malley's candy bars. They sometimes hold bake sales or sell kitchen towels, although it isn't as frequent. The members of the club only have to pay for parts of the trip if the money was not raised. In most occasions, the cost is minimal, and only the guests of the members have to pay it. The club always reimburses gas money if students drive.
Students are interested in the Travel Club because it gives them a chance to explore the world they live in. Some students have never flown in an airplane or been out of the country, and McConnell likes that she has given that opportunity to her students.
McConnell says, "It brings me pleasure. The look in the students' eyes is most rewarding."
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