Day 11 - Rotterdam The highlight of my day would have to be dinner at Rhoon Castle. The location was beautiful, and the dinner they served was delicious. I’m glad we had the opportunity to network a little bit with some of the Rotary members in and around our meal.
Author: Jim Tanoos
James Tanoos, Ph.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor at Purdue Polytechnic Vincennes, and has worked in various roles in higher education for more than 17 years in Indianapolis, West Lafayette, Terre Haute, and Vincennes. He earned his Bachelors degree from Purdue University, his Masters degree from Indiana University, and his Doctorate from Purdue University. Before he entered higher education, he worked as an intern for Volume Services, a supply-chain partner for the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis, MN (1998), in marketing/operations for Conseco in Carmel, IN (1999-2001), and as the department head for the Sen. Byrd Amendment (Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000) at US Customs and Border Protection in Indianapolis, IN (2001-2005).
Jim taught classes at Purdue in West Lafayette and Purdue Polytechnic Lafayette from 2004-2008. He was also an Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, where he served as the faculty assembly president for two consecutive terms. He was an adjunct instructor for nine years at Indiana State University and taught graduate courses in each of the three higher education institutions in his hometown of Terre Haute IN: ISU, SMWC, and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He also has been an instructor in the Purdue Honors College, Purdue College of Educations GERI (Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute) program, and Purdue Polytechnics ProSTAR graduate program. As a graduate of the Purdue Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment, and Research (CILMAR) advanced intercultural-pedagogy grant (IPG) cohort, Jim has led a Study Abroad to Europe since 2017.
He has published articles in more than thirty-five international journals and has presented academic work at more than twenty-two international academic conferences on a range of disciplines including international economics, supply chain management, educational pedagogy, and industrial technology, including the invited keynote presentation at four international conferences. Jim participates in editorial review for several global academic journals and is a peer-reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission in Chicago, IL. He volunteers his time for a variety of local service clubs and enjoys coaching his sons sports teams. Jims other interests include college athletics, politics, and live music.
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Day 10 Rotterdam – Kaitlyn Grace
Day 10 - Rotterdam Getting to Rotterdam was certainly taxing, what with all the train rides, but I’m happy to find that it’s a beautiful city. I’m artistic, so seeing all statues, installations, and paintings around the city was super interesting. The nightlife also seems really cool.
Day 10 Cody Phillips
Today I had a long train ride Rotterdam. Then had a city tour and food tasting of Rotterdam which was pretty cool. Also got to see the cube houses Cody phillips
Day 10 Rotterdam- Chris W
Rotterdam is a melting pot of cultures and is full of diversity because many groups of people have moved here and brought their cultures with them. This was very obvious when we took the food tour because the food origins came from a wide variety of other countries. Normally, once a food is brought into [...]
Day 10 Rotterdam- Zach Zumbuhl
Today we arrived in Rotterdam and the city is awesome! The food tour took us to the cathedral which is one of the only original buildings due to being in the center of the city. The city now is very modern. The cafes serves coffee among other twists you may not find in the states. [...]
Day 9 Luneburg/ Hamburg- Zach Zumbuhl
Today was a side detour to meet up with a new friend. He lives in a quaint little town called Luneburg. This town like several other small towns is filled with locals who seem to slow down quite a bit compared to the hustle and bustle of Hamburg. This was originally a salt mining town [...]
Day 10 – Sean Taylor
We went and ate Dutch food today. Dutch food is pretty good.
Dsy 10 – Study Abroad – Charles
The sudden starts, stops, and blending between old and new architectural styles throughout the city caused by the bombings during WW2 gives it a very unique feel compared to the more consistently traditional styles of previous cities we have visited in Europe. Showing that the people are able to move with the times while still [...]
Day 9 Cody Phillips
Today I went on a city tour of Hamburg where we learned about some of the history down in the city square. Cody Phillips
Day 9 Hamburg- Chris W
Today, our main attraction was a tour of the town hall. A group of us went out earlier and explored other parts of the town hall that were not covered by the tour. My favorite part of this self exploring was finding the ruins of St. Nikoli Cathedral. The Cathedral was built in the 12th [...]