On April 27, 2004, the Geography 3060-Geography of Europe class put on EuroTour 2004. The students were given the assignment of putting themselves into groups of two and playing the role of tourism promoters for a European country. The tour they were to promote was for sacred sites in their country, such as churches, pilgrimmage sites, ancient sacred places, cemeteries, etc. They were to put together a tour of at least ten stops, and the stops could not be in one city. The trip planners who came to judge the various tour packages were from my Geography 1010 and 1020 classes, as well as Dr. Fagan's classes. Each student filled out a judging form on three of the tour packages, rating them on criteria associated with the use of maps, graphics, quality of information, and overall presentation. Over a hundred students came and judged the tour packages (for extra credit), and everyone from the Europe class as well as the judges seemed to have a good time. This was probably the most successful group project event that I have had while at NSU, and I think is representative of the fact that the quality of the students at NSU is improving.

Student judges waiting to go into EuroTour 2004.

Students searching for the country tours they will be judging.

The tour promoters from Southern France explain the opportunities
for visiting sacred sites in their region.

The team from Germany did a nice job presenting their country.

The best overall project was from Scotland.

The team from Spain did a good job with their tour.

The team from Austria had a nice brochure and did a great job on
the oral presentation.

The Italian team did a nice job with almost too much to choose from.

The team from Southern France had the strongest oral presentation and a
very nice brochure as well.

The team from Ireland had a very nice board and seemed to have a good
time thinking about going to Ireland.

The team from Belgium gave the most energetic presentation.

The team from northern France also did an excellent job.

This was undoubtedly one of the best upper level classes in
Regional Geography that I have taught at NSU.