King's College

Local student

studying abroad

John Hudicka of Slatington is participating in a faculty-led study abroad experience to Eastern Europe as part of the college's Geographies Series.

The trip includes excursions to the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia.

He is a junior majoring in biology at King's College, Wilkes-Barre, a Catholic College sponsored by the Congregation of the Holy Cross.

As part of the program, titled "Identity and Place in Slavic Cultures," Hudicka is among a group of 11 King's students who will travel to numerous cultural sites, including the Auschwitz concentration camp located outside Krakow, the Devin Castle on the Danube in Slovakia, and the Jewish Quarter in Prague.

This program is designed for students to develop a growing awareness of the complex identities of the people of Eastern Europe, including their religious, ethnic, linguistic, and social understandings through a historical exploration.

King's faculty members Dr. Beth Admiraal, political science, and Renata Evans, foreign languages, are program directors.

Megan Borsuk, coordinator of short-term faculty led programs abroad, assisted in developing the program.