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The Maastricht Experience In 1999, the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) established an overseas campus in Maastricht, Netherlands. Since the spring semester of that year, students and faculty have been traveling to Maastricht where students have enrolled in a variety of courses. The duration of the study and travel experiences are from 5 to 10 weeks during the summer or for an entire semester each spring. This year, 2003, I was chosen, along with Dr. Brian Bonhomme, a history professor, to be the faculty members in the UCAN Program, as it has come to be known. On Thursday, January 16, 2003, fifteen students, and Dr. Bonhomme and I, departed for the Netherlands. We arrived in Maastricht at 5:00 p.m. the following day. Saturday and Sunday were orientation days. On Saturday, our host, Fumio Fujimoto, provided important information in the morning, then he and two Dutch students took us on a walking tour of Maastricht. On Saturday, the group traveled by train from Maastricht to Liege, Belgium. While there we were shown the large Sunday Market, toured an old church, climbed a very long stairway, and walked around the central city. The following information and attached photographs provide an overview of the entire experience. As the experience progresses and develops, additional information and more photos will be added. If you are interested, you can check this site every week or so to see what has been added. |
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The Netherlands is a small country in western Europe. We began our stay in the Netherlands by landing in Amsterdam. From there we flew to Maastricht. Maastricht is located in the "appendix" of the country - a small prorupt portion that separates Belgium on the west from Germany on the east. You can find Maastricht on the map about halfway between Koln, Germany and Bruxelles, Belgium. |
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Maastricht has about 125,000 people, and is divided by the Maas River. Like many other cities that straddle a river, the central business district is located on both sides. Directly west of the word, "Maastricht" on the map (about two inches), you will find the street, Sint Annadal. Just below it is an open area - that is the site of Teikyo University, our host institution, and where UCAN is located. |