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Welcome to Benedictine University's MEPI
Institute for Student Leaders sponsored by the U.S. Department
of State.
The Middle
East Partnership Initiative's Institute for the Study of
the United States for Student Leaders at Benedictine University
is a special program designed for high school graduates
from North Africa and the Middle East to learn about America’s
political system, society, and culture, as well to build
their future leadership skills. Applicants are nominated
by US Embassies and are selected by the Department of State..
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This
program is operated under the auspices of the University’s
Political Science Department and Benedictine’s partner,
Global Education Services. Funded by the Middle
East Partnership Initiative, it is administered by the
U.S. Department of State,
Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs, Study
of the U. S. Branch.
Benedictine
University was founded in Chicago as St. Procopius College
by the Benedictine monks of St. Procopius Abbey in 1887,
and moved to its current location of Lisle in western DuPage
County in 1901. The University is situated on a 108-acre
campus and has 10 major buildings, including a recently-constructed
comprehensive learning center and an advanced science facility.
The University has four colleges: the College of Science;
the College of Business; the College of Liberal Arts; and
the College of Education and Professional Programs. There
are approximately 3,200 undergraduate and graduate students
and, like colleges and universities of this size, Benedictine
prides itself on faculty and staff interaction and collaboration
with its students. Additionally, Benedictine is one of the
most diverse universities of its size in the midwestern
United States and has a successful history of accommodating
and welcoming students of different religions.
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