Greensboro College's exciting exchange program can let you study at a college in London for a semester or a year ... at no extra cost!

Called "The Connexion" (spelled in the manner of Methodist founder John Wesley), this program joins two Methodist colleges – Greensboro College and Southlands College. Located in the suburbs of London, Southlands has an academic collaboration with Greensboro College that allows selected students to study abroad for one semester ... or even an academic year.

You'll receive full academic credit AND learn firsthand the history, charm and excitement of England!

Southlands College began in 1872 in Battersea. It moved to Wimbledon in the 1930s and, in September 1997, it moved to a brand new College in Roehampton Lane.

The new College buildings form an impressive complex of modern teaching, residential and social buildings centered around a main quadrangle. The Queen's Building provides facilities for the academic programs in the School of Sociology & Social Policy, the School of Business Studies and Applied Technology & Computing, the Department of Theology & Religious Studies and the Divisions of Music and Women's Studies.

The Conference Hall houses musical concerts and a flourishing Music Society. The College's impressive resources include a Steinway concert grand piano, an aural training laboratory and a double-manual French harpiscord. Other special features include new textile laboratories, which house a range of hi-tech equipment for the testing of consumer goods.

The Lakeside building provides a dining room and a lively café, which is popular with staff and students. Nonresident students often arrive early, in time for breakfast, before they begin their lectures.

Student Union activities take place in the Hirst building, which is just two minutes' walk along the campus. There are 285 study bedrooms, 76 of them in suite arrangements, including six with facilities for the disabled. The rooms are arranged in small self-catering flats with well-equipped kitchens. All the rooms are cabled to provide Internet access.

The grounds and buildings are owned by the Methodist Church, which has always had an interest in education. Prominent Methodist leaders actively support the College even to this day. At the entrance to the College is a circular chapel where daily activities take place and where the full-time chaplains are available to talk with students. The Chaplaincy Theological Society arranges programs of interesting lectures that are open to students and the public. The chaplaincy is at the heart of the community life and social outreach.

The Methodist tradition is important to the College, and that tradition provides a particularly welcoming and friendly atmosphere. The school welcomes students of all denominations and faiths.

Southlands is one of four historic colleges that comprise the Roehampton University. You can learn more about Roehampton and Southlands on the Web at www.roehampton.ac.uk.

The normal costs for a traditional residential student at Greensboro College cover the corresponding costs at Southlands College. The additional cost of roundtrip airfare is paid by Greensboro College.

Students must have earned at least 26 semester hours while enrolled at Greensboro College to qualify. Those credit hours must have been earned prior to taking part in the exchange.

The program is open to students in all majors who are in good academic, financial and disciplinary standing with Greensboro College.

Participants are selected based on a personal interview and on these factors:

• cumulative grade point average;
• intellectual, emotional and physical maturity;
• academic preparation;
• reasons for wanting to study abroad;
• ability to adapt to a new culture; and
• the quality of the study abroad plan and its relationship to long-range educational goals.

"The city of London is rich with traditions, elegant customs and historical significance," says Greensboro College President Craven E. Williams. "The opportunity to live in London and study at Southlands College will greatly enhance any student's educational program and world understanding."

Michael Leigh, former College Principal and University Pro-Rector at Roehampton's University's Southlands College adds: "Southlands College is a vibrant community of 1300 staff and students within the bigger community of the Roehampton's University. The openness and good sense of Southlands' Methodist heritage has left a legacy of tolerance and responsibility.

"Students and scholars live and work together in a stimulating community. The high spirits and positive vitality of normal young people sustain a College that bursts with life. Students of all ages and from all parts of the world develop skills and dream dreams together within the environment of beautiful grounds and brilliant contemporary architecture. Why not join us so that you can experience it for yourself?"

To learn a little about the Southlands experience from students who have been there, check out the 1999 Collaborative Service Learning Project article in the George Center for Honors Studies section of our Web site.

Go to the Application Packet

Go to the Connexion Handbook

If you'd like to learn more about the Connexion, contact Professor Jillian Haeseler at jhaeseler@gborocollege.edu or at 336-272-7102, ext. 285.