Troy Williams
  • College Park, GA

University of San Diego Student Troy Williams of College Park Studies in Jamaica

2012 Jul 10

Troy Williams of College Park studied in Jamaica this summer. Williams expects to graduate in spring 2013.

The focus of this program is both academics community engagement.  While abroad, students studied sociology and literature as a means to learn about Jamaican culture and heritage. In addition to earning course credit, students engaged in service within the community at local schools, learning centers, and in rural neighborhoods. Students lived in Duncans, a small community on Jamaica's north coast near Montego Bay, and enjoyed the warm hospitality, music and customs in Jamaica.

The program took place from May 29 to June 25.

USD is ranked first in the nation for the percentage of undergraduate students studying abroad, according to the Institute of International Education's latest Open Doors Report. More than 71 percent of all USD undergraduate students study abroad.

The University of San Diego is a Catholic institution of higher learning chartered in 1949; the school enrolls some 7,800 undergraduate and graduate students and is known for its commitment to teaching, the liberal arts, the formation of values and community service. The fall 2007 establishment of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies brings the University's total number of schools and colleges to six. Other academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences and the schools of Business Administration, Leadership and Education Sciences, Law and Nursing and Health Sciences.