by mboehm | Sep 18, 2018 | 2018 Grants, Travel Grants
I had the wonderful opportunity, through receiving one of this summer’s travel grants, to travel to Iceland this past August. Did you know that there are 30 active volcanoes in Iceland and that there are earthquakes everyday? One of the locals shared that volcanic...
by sglass | Sep 25, 2017 | 2017 Grants, Travel Grants
Kecskemet, Hungary, a small village 100 km from Budapest, is the birthplace of Zoltan Kodaly, the composer, ethnomusicologist, philosopher and educator whose work has inspired much of my teaching for my entire career. I was there, at the International Kodaly...
by Joy Piedmont | Sep 5, 2017 | 2017 Grants, Travel Grants
I was born in Seoul, Korea but until last month I had not been there since I was adopted as a four-month-old baby. I have wanted to visit Korea for some time now and the LREI travel grant made the trip possible. I visited Seoul, Busan, and Jeju and I loved the country...
by hlieber | Aug 31, 2017 | 2017 Grants, Travel Grants
Judith Gap Montana, population 126, has a school, a gas station, a cafe and a park. Right beyond the small cluster of streets with homes is a wind farm and beyond that, stretching out in every direction, are acres and acres of cattle. Nestled deep into this landscape...
by bbinnard | Aug 31, 2017 | 2017 Grants, Travel Grants
This summer I generously received a travel grant to join my family in the Portland, Oregon area to see the total solar eclipse. My extended family all live in California: my brother, sister-in-law and two nephews live in the Bay Area, and my parents live in Southern...
by gkeller | Jul 3, 2017 | 2016 Grants
My grandmother’s family came from Lucca, Italy, an historic town in Tuscany, 30 miles from Pisa and Viarreggio. Lucca has pre-Roman origins and the old town is still surrounded by walls. It is also the birthplace of Puccini. Although I had travelled in Italy...
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