{"666321":{"#nid":"666321","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech-Europe\u2019s Serve-Learn-Sustain French Immersion Program Continues to Inspire Students to Make a Difference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFall 2022 marked the 4\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;year of Georgia Tech-Europe\u0026rsquo;s Serve-Learn-Sustain French Immersion program. Each fall, up to 15 lucky students get to know the region through field trips and volunteer work with community organizations in Metz.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWorking side-by-side with members of the community, students get to know the local culture along with the best practices for sustainable development as they relate to Metz and the Grand Est region.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESLS-France students take two courses \u0026ndash; one classroom-based course on sustainable development in France and Europe, and another course taken out in the field as a volunteer in a local community organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Fall 2022 program was led by French professor Christophe Ippolito. Students visited the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ECommunaut\u0026eacute;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEmma\u0026uuml;s\u003C\/em\u003E, which helps to combat homelessness and poverty, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ECouleurs Gaies\u003C\/em\u003E, Metz\u0026rsquo; largest LGBTQIA+\u0026nbsp;center. They also helped the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EInstitut europ\u0026eacute;en d\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;cologie\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;(The European Ecology Institute) with its annual film festival and did work with a community organization that helps refugees and young women. Students taught English and made training videos for the organization.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESLS students were also encouraged to join field trips led by Georgia Tech-Europe lecturer, Tim Stoneman, who teaches GTE History, Technology, and Society (HTS) courses. Along with the HTS students, the SLS students visited a cheese factory near Metz, and a Belgian metal recycling center that uses new technologies to transforms waste products.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne student said of the program, \u0026ldquo;I was able to greatly improve my French, and feel more confident speaking to locals in French. I also got to volunteer a lot with local nonprofit organizations related to sustainability. I really liked volunteering at the IEE (The European Ecology Institute) and joining in on a middle school field trip, and I enjoyed our field trips. My favorite was when we took a field trip to a farm where we got to pick our own produce. That was a lot of fun.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ewritten in French by Dr. Christophe Ippolito - \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/node\/666320\u0022\u003EFrench version of article\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor of French, School of Modern Languages, Ivan Allen College, Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Etranslated into English by Andrea Gappell\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Program Manager, Georgia Tech-Europe, Atlanta Office\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students Improve Their French While Learning About Sustainable Development and Serving the Local Community."}],"uid":"28490","created_gmt":"2023-03-01 18:03:32","changed_gmt":"2023-03-01 23:39:36","author":"Andrea Gappell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"666318":{"id":"666318","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech-Europe SLS students visiting a U-pick farm","body":null,"created":"1677691274","gmt_created":"2023-03-01 17:21:14","changed":"1677691420","gmt_changed":"2023-03-01 17:23:40","alt":"GTE SLS students visiting a U-pick farm","file":{"fid":"251938","name":"SLS-22-low-Etudiants revenant de la cueillette.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/SLS-22-low-Etudiants%20revenant%20de%20la%20cueillette.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/SLS-22-low-Etudiants%20revenant%20de%20la%20cueillette.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1097317,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/SLS-22-low-Etudiants%20revenant%20de%20la%20cueillette.jpg?itok=93l_Mm29"}},"666325":{"id":"666325","type":"image","title":"Two SLS-France students help to setup a press conference","body":null,"created":"1677694364","gmt_created":"2023-03-01 18:12:44","changed":"1677694393","gmt_changed":"2023-03-01 18:13:13","alt":"Two SLS-France students help to setup a press conference","file":{"fid":"251942","name":"SLS-2-low-\u00e9tudiants aident \u00e0 pr\u00e9parer une conf\u00e9rence de presse[1].jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/SLS-2-low-%C3%A9tudiants%20aident%20%C3%A0%20pr%C3%A9parer%20une%20conf%C3%A9rence%20de%20presse%5B1%5D_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/SLS-2-low-%C3%A9tudiants%20aident%20%C3%A0%20pr%C3%A9parer%20une%20conf%C3%A9rence%20de%20presse%5B1%5D_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":601078,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/SLS-2-low-%C3%A9tudiants%20aident%20%C3%A0%20pr%C3%A9parer%20une%20conf%C3%A9rence%20de%20presse%5B1%5D_0.jpg?itok=qKT07Uha"}}},"media_ids":["666318","666325"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/europe.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech-Europe"},{"url":"https:\/\/sls-france.gatech.edu","title":"Serve-Learn-Sustain French Immersion Program"}],"groups":[{"id":"54809","name":"Georgia Tech-Europe (GTE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166919","name":"SLS"},{"id":"3445","name":"Metz"},{"id":"1046","name":"volunteer"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"},{"id":"192239","name":"Cueillette de Peltre"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:andrea.gappell@europe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAndrea Gappell\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Program Manager, Georgia Tech-Europe\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["andrea.gappell@europe.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}