Jillian Zook participates in Bates College Junior Year Abroad program

2013 Dec 18

Jillian Zook, the child of Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Zook of Lancaster, Pa., and a 2011 graduate of Lancaster Mennonite School, is participating in the 2013-14 Bates College Junior Year Abroad program.

Zook, who is majoring in economics at Bates, is studying in London, England, through the London School of Economics and Political Science.

About 60 percent of Bates students study abroad, and Bates offers access to study-abroad programs in more than 80 countries. Through academically rigorous and culturally enriching study-abroad experiences, Bates students engage the transformative power of our differences and develop a commitment to responsible stewardship of the wider world.

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading college of the liberal arts, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world. Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. With a commitment to affordability, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion or national origin. Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world.