Norwich
students
of French
enjoy
field trip
to Quebec

Norwich Professor Frances Chevalier, with the assistance of Joan Davidson, adjunct professor of French, organized an academic field trip to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, for students of French. On Nov.17, twenty students experienced a "living lab" situation where they were required to use the French language to exchange money at the bank; to order their meal at L'Impr�vu, a French-style restaurant; to discuss artwork with the artists at the 10th annual Qu�becois art exhibit, Rencontre; and to sample desserts described in their textbooks at a p�tisserie.

To welcome the visitors from Norwich University, the mayor of Saint-Jean, Myroslaw Smereka, prepared a reception at the city hall with the local press. The mayor presented a pin of the insignia of the city to each student and faculty member and discussed the structure of the government in Canada in French and in English.

Roger Leger, professor (ret.) of the �cole Militaire de Saint Jean and member of the Alliance Fran�aise-Cercle Qu�becois of Burlington, VT, prepared the program details in Quebec and helped insure an all-French language and Qu�becois cultural experience for the students.

This trip was made financially possible because of fund-raising efforts of the Norwich University French Club and donations from the Alliance Fran�aise arranged by Eric Bataille, president of the Alliance.

French Club officers and representatives Brock Lambert, Stephanie Koenig, Pierre Cotton, David Sherwood, and Kyrill Dancik are planning activities for another class-trip visit to Quebec province Spring 2001.