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I've been trying to work with SAS (www.semesteratsea.com) for the past 9 years and finally got an appointment as Asst. Academic Dean/Registrar for the Spring 2007 Voyage! I'm so excited I can barely think straight. We sail east around the world for 100 days. Living and learning in a floating Academic Village!

Nassau, Bahamas
San Juan, Puerto Rico Arrive
Salvador, Brazil Arrive
Cape Town, South Africa Arrive
Port Louis, Mauritius Arrive
Chennai, India Arrive
Penang, Malaysia Arrive
Stop in Singapore for Bunker)
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Arrive
Hong Kong Arrive
Qingdao, China Arrive
Kobe, Japan Arrive
Cross International dateline, add one day)
Honolulu, Hawaii Arrive
San Diego, California

Do you need an assistant?

that's awesome. congratulations! keep us posted -- do you know what day you set sail?

AJV: They do allow spouses/partners/children in some circumstances! I'm willing to sell my "domestic partnership" to the highest bidder!

Capt. Steve: Thanks a million! We leave Jan 29th from Ft. Lauderdale to meet the students in Nassau. We hit Hawaii May 12 and San Diego (last stop) May 14th!

Congradulations! Thats awesome!
Im a SAS alum myself (Spring 04!) and had such a great experience with it. Have you gone as a student before? Or are you going for your first time as faculty?

Your really lucky - im sure the competition for jobs are fierce! I would KILL to get a job and get on that boat again! You'll have to keep us updated about your trip!

Forget domestic partnership - you should just adopt somebody! (Not me though, I'm scared of boats!!)

Congrats - have a great time

Kelly: This will be my first trip. I didn't even hear about SAS until I was finishing my Master's degree in 97 while I was in Kenya on a NOLS (www.nols.edu) trip. This is my 3rd application in 9 years (for 3 diff. positions). Would you be willing to talk live to tell me about your experience as a student? Part of my job is to do academic advising and another part is to run the evening "community college" series! The competition is FIERCE for the jobs, but I guess they figured I wasn't going to go away!

Tracy Ann! I'm not so sure I'm going to be okay with the boat thing either, but I figure I'll give it a go!

Congratulations! You are going to have an awesome time. SAS rocks and was the start of my travels. (I'm a F97 alum.)

Living onboard the ship (or The Great White Mother, as we called her) is really great. Most people are sea sick a little bit the first couple days, but almost everyone gets over it quickly. There is always tons of stuff to do and you are constantly surrounded by awesome people.

Enjoy! (And feel free to ask me any questions you'd like.)

congrats, what a gig! I dreamt about doing that as a student but it was waaaaay tooo expen$ive for me, er, my parents.... sounds like a blast tho.

How awesome! Congratulations, FunChilde. I saw this and took a peak at your blog. Sounds like I'm at a place similar to where you were when you started your trip this year. (Although you are much better organized and a helluvalot more confident.) You're truly an inspiration! Thanks!!

Wow Congrats!! That's absolutely amazing news...

I hope you have a great time!!! And don't forget to tell us all about it...

WOW! Congratulations Dia! That is just great! You are too cool for school! Or not. Whichever is the compliment!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!! That has to be about the coolest job ever. And if you have annoying students, a little shove, and they're all gone. Not that I would ever endorse such a thing...

Thanks Mina and DreamerHelen. This means so much to me that you are so supportive and positive.

Jillian:I'd love to catch up with you and hear about the voyage.

Finallyon't let the website fool you, everybody has to go through the process of GETTING organized for this type of thing. I saw your profile and PLEASE keep us posted. My blog is wordpress and took me about 5 hours to get up and running.

Travis:There you are! Thanks man.

Keppie: remind me to NEVER go sailing with you.

WOW! How awesome! I'd never heard of this program before, but it sounds amazing. Congrats on getting a paid position with them!

Should be a heap of FUNfun, and one could only appreciate your elation if they had been striving for so long - very well done.
No doubt more of "Can't believe I'm being paid to do this"

Bon Voyage and safe sailing and where do we send the bids?

Do you need a cabin boy?
I take up very little space...

Gonorth: literally just threw my SAS files away in Jan before heading to Mexico aka gave up...and then...magic

Christine: you hit the nail on the head!

Semi: highest bidder man, highest bidder!

Thanks all!

i say this after having met miss. funchilde in person, i am on bended knee with a(n onion) ring in my hand asking you to please...be my domestic partner (for 90 days).

hey, what do the spouses do all day??? lounge around on the deck drinking long island iced teas and kvetching about how much they miss starbucks?

Zopa! I accept, based on your good looks and charm (and the second bunk). BUT we won't have any Krispy Kreme out at sea!