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Going to class in the great outdoors.


JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY IS KNOWN for its education in the culinary cu·li·nar·y  
adj.
Of or relating to a kitchen or to cookery.



[Latin culn
 arts and hospitality, but its new program is only for those who have a taste for adventure. J&W students can receive 13.5 credits for whitewater Whitewater, city, United States
Whitewater, city (1990 pop. 12,636), Jefferson and Walworth counties, SE Wis., in a dairy and farm area; inc. 1885.
 raft guiding, leading hikes, and camping. It is all part of the month-long Adventure Sports and Nature-Based Tourism summer program that teaches students about this growing vacation travel trend. The program was created just last year via a partnership between the Rhode Island-based university and Northern Outdoors, an adventure resort located in Maine.

The hands-on curriculum teaches students about all facets of adventure travel, notes Paul Vanlandingham, a professor at J&W's Hospitality College. Programs at other IHEs may take students off campus for a week or so, he says. His program requires students to manage the resort for almost one full month.

Students majoring in travel, marketing, lodging Lodging or holiday accommodation is a type of accommodation. People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging mainly for sleeping. Other purposes are safety, shelter from cold and rain, having a place to store luggage and being able to take a , sports and entertainment, or food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods.  can enroll in the program, which works in conjunction with five campus-based courses on adventure travel

The adventure sports program is considered "study abroad" and students are charged higher tuition For tuition fees in the United Kingdom, see .

Tuition means instruction, teaching or a fee charged for educational instruction especially at a formal institution of learning or by a private tutor usually in the form of one-to-one tuition.
 to attend.--J.M.A.
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Publication:University Business
Date:Jun 1, 2006
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