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Contact: Sasha Steinberg

STARKVILLE, Miss.ā€”Expanding on the success of its University of Oxford study abroad program for undergraduate students, Ļć½¶Ö±²„ā€™s Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College is offering a non-credit ā€œC.S. Lewis and The Inklings of Oxfordā€ course for professionals in secondary education.

Up to 12 interested high school teachers and counselors from across the Magnolia State can participate this June in a five-day educational experience at one of the worldā€™s most prestigious universities.

In addition to hotel accommodations, the trip includes tours of the Kilns, C.S. Lewisā€™s home in Headington; Magdalen College, where Lewis was a don; and Blenheim Palace, along with walking tours of Oxford and the Trout, Lewisā€™s favorite country inn.

Guest lectures by Oxford academics and a group meal in an Oxford college dining hall are included, and transportation from London-Heathrow airport to Oxford City Center also will be provided. For additional details, contact Chris Snyder, honors college dean and professor of history, at 662-325-2522 or csnyder@msstate.edu.

Serving as lead instructor and tour guide, Snyder currently is affiliated with the history faculty at the University of Oxford and is participating in an Oxford research fellowship. He has published nine booksā€”including two in which Lewis plays a major roleā€”and currently is working on Lewisā€™s papers in the Bodleian Library.

Snyder said students who participate in the honors collegeā€™s six-week Oxford study abroad program enjoy visits to homes and other sites associated with Lewis and fellow author J.R.R. Tolkien, and they also read Lewisā€™s early poetry and discuss his scholarship. Snyder has designed a separate summer C.S. Lewis course to give high school teachers and counselors a glimpse into this Ļć½¶Ö±²„student experience.

ā€œWe hope that the teachers who participate not only will incorporate some of the C.S. Lewis material in their courses, but also help recruit students to come to Ļć½¶Ö±²„and enroll in our honors program,ā€ Snyder said.

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