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A Taste of Tropical Costa Rica
11/13/2025 (University Park)
Member Fee: $15.00
Nonmember Fee: $30.00
When: 11/13/2025, 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Where: Penn State Outreach Building, Rooms 121 G & H , 100 Innovation Boulevard University Park, PA 16802
Instructor: Peggy Johnson
Course Number: 123901

This course will focus on sharing photos and experiences from Costa Rica’s cloud and rain forests, volcanoes, a pineapple farm, a coffee and cocoa plantation, hanging bridges, and more! Discuss preparing and packing for a trip of this nature. The goal of the course is to generate appreciation for this small, collaborative nation, working toward a sustainable future.

This course is offered in a hybrid format. The course is held in-person at the Outreach Building and broadcast from the classroom online via Zoom. This is the in-person section.

 

A Taste of Tropical Costa Rica
11/13/2025 (Online)
Member Fee: $15.00
Nonmember Fee: $30.00
When: 11/13/2025, 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Where: Online, Zoom
Instructor: Peggy Johnson
Course Number: 123902

This course will focus on sharing photos and experiences from Costa Rica’s cloud and rain forests, volcanoes, a pineapple farm, a coffee and cocoa plantation, hanging bridges, and more! Discuss preparing and packing for a trip of this nature. The goal of the course is to generate appreciation for this small, collaborative nation, working toward a sustainable future.

This course is offered in a hybrid format. The course is held in-person at the Outreach Building and broadcast from the classroom online via Zoom. This is the online section. 

 

Bike and Barge Tour-Bruges to Amsterdam (Repeat with no changes)
11/18/2025 (York)
Member Fee: $11.00
Nonmember Fee: $22.00
When: 11/18/2025, 1:00 PM–2:30 PM
Where: Romano Building, Room 105, , PA
Instructor: Josh Hooper
Course Number: 109001

Maybe you’re interested in river cruises — or bicycling. Or maybe you just want to see Europe up close. For Josh Hooper, it was all three. Join us for video highlights of the bike and barge cruise he took from Bruges, Belgium to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The video follows the tour day by day. We’ll see little towns, big cities, canals, farms, bridges, ferries, monuments — and of course, windmills. Perhaps you’ll decide that this is the trip for you. Perhaps not. Either way, you’ll get to sample much of this beautiful corner of the world. 

 

A Visit to Petra
11/19/2025 (University Park)
Member Fee: $15.00
Nonmember Fee: $30.00
When: 11/19/2025, 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Where: Penn State Outreach Building, Room 119, 100 Innovation Boulevard University Park, PA 16802
Instructor: Chris Hillebrand
Course Number: 123701

Petra, known at the Rose-Red City because of the stunning colors of its carved rock facades, dates back before the 1st century BCE. As the capital of the Nabataean Empire, situated along a major trade route, Petra prospered for 1500 years. Abandoned in the 7th century and “rediscovered” in the 1800s, Petra, Jordan, is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This course will share facts and photographs from this incredible experience.

This course is offered in a hybrid format. The course is held in-person at the Outreach Building and broadcast from the classroom online via Zoom. This is the in-person section.

 

A Visit to Petra
11/19/2025 (Online)
Member Fee: $15.00
Nonmember Fee: $30.00
When: 11/19/2025, 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Where: Online, Zoom
Instructor: Chris Hillebrand
Course Number: 123702

Petra, known at the Rose-Red City because of the stunning colors of its carved rock facades, dates back before the 1st century BCE. As the capital of the Nabataean Empire, situated along a major trade route, Petra prospered for 1500 years. Abandoned in the 7th century and “rediscovered” in the 1800s, Petra, Jordan, is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This course will share facts and photographs from this incredible experience.

This course is offered in a hybrid format. The course is held in-person at the Outreach Building and broadcast from the classroom online via Zoom. This is the online section. 

 

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