Valparaiso University's administered study abroad programs have resident directors who manage the programs on a day-to-day basis, teach two courses for the students and coordinate group excursions and cultural activities.  Since 1968, VU has sent 21 different faculty members, and their families, to the Cambridge, England program for two-year appointments.

MARK FARMER, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures, begins a two-year appointment as director of VU's Study Center in Cambridge, England, in July 2009.  Farmer received Valpo's Caterpillar Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2006.  As director of the Cambridge Study Center, he will teach, supervise housing, and establish student tours and other cultural experiences.  Prof. Farmer will teach English Life and Culture (GS 390) to the VU student participants as well as Classical Mythology (CLC 251).  Mark Farmer and his wife, Sarah, look forward to embracing British culture and European travels throughout the next two years.

Email: mark.farmer@valpo.edu 

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Former Resident Directors of the Cambridge Study Center