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Bailey Dabbs
  • Communication
  • Class of 2018
  • Great Falls, SC

Bailey Dabbs Participated in UK Study Abroad Experience

2017 Aug 31

Bailey Dabbs, a junior communication major, participated this summer in the 2017 United Kingdom Study Abroad Experience hosted by Bob Jones University.

Dabbs, a resident of Great Falls, joined several other BJU students touring cities throughout England, Scotland, and Wales including London, Bath, Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon, York, Keswick, Edinburgh, and Inverness. Students participated in discussions throughout the tour focused on Christian storytellers C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.

The students attended a Shakespearean play at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, participating in discussions of religious themes within Shakespearean literature and a tour of the Globe Theatre. The trip included a tour of Stonehenge; a tour of the Kilns, home of C.S. Lewis, in Oxford; a lecture from leading C.S. Lewis scholar, Michael Ward; and a lecture and tour of Oxford University by BJU alumnus, Shakespearean scholar, and Oxford student, Micah Coston.

"During this trip, the island of Great Britain was our classroom," says Dr. Paul Radford, head of the Department of Communication Studies at BJU and tour host. "Discussions came alive as we explored sites significant to the course material. Traveling internationally as a community of students produced settings for immersive learning."