POTSDAM – SUNY Potsdam is set to host more than 200 North Country high school students for a daylong Social Studies Field Trip Day on Wednesday, Oct. 18.

Students will get the chance to choose from engaging activities, learning from faculty and students in SUNY Potsdam's programs across the social sciences and humanities. Students from Colton-Pierrepont, Edwards-Knox, Malone, Massena and Norwood-Norfolk high schools will be in attendance.

The goal of the unique field trip is to expose young people to fascinating topics and opportunities in the social science fields, working in the College's classrooms and laboratories alongside faculty and current students.

Participants can choose from 12 different immersive sessions, including exploring Egyptian hieroglyphs, the psychology of relationships, the witchcraft trials of 1650 Massachusetts, visual sociology, Japanese history through manga and anime, cryptography and decryption, quill writing, cooking with fire at the HEARTH, political dialogue, anthropological intelligence, natural resource protection, and even a sociological discussion on surviving a hypothetical zombie apocalypse.

A free pizza lunch will be provided to all participants in the Barrington Student Union. There will be a discussion about careers in the social sciences and humanities, led by School of Arts and Sciences Dean Dr. Shiho Imai.

The daylong visit is just one of several educational outreach events that SUNY Potsdam faculty and staff have developed over the past year. The College also hosts teacher professional development workshops for area K-12 educators, in addition to supporting ongoing field trip opportunities, such as an upcoming Careers in STEM Day, to introduce young people to a range of fields of study and advanced facilities firsthand.