RADFORD, Va., Sept. 15 -- Radford University issued the following news release:
Here in Radford, we take pride in our small-town state of mind - on and off campus.
We have small classrooms that bolster student success; we greet each other on campus;
and some of us are even on a first-name basis with our Starbucks baristas.
However, this summer, four Highlanders decided to broaden their perspective of the
classroom by visiting another, even smaller community: Eleuthera and Harbour Island
in the Bahamas.
Lisa Aker, a professor of literacy education, organized the inaugural trip to Eleuthera,
partnering with Bahamian schools to share curriculum, pedagogical methodology and
professional and cultural perspectives among teachers and students...