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Travel Information & Schedule
MEPI Student Leaders have the opportunity to travel across the
United States and explore the Chicagoland region. After arriving
in Washington D.C., students will travel to the State Department,
visit museums and begin to adjust to the time, style and culture
of the United States.
During the campus stay at Benedictine University,
we explore different
parts of the city of Chicago and several important suburban cities in
the region. Day trips will include Springfield, Illinois, the capital
of the state of Illinois, the Art Institutue of Chicago, Navy Pier, the
South side of Chicago, the University of Chicago, Naperville, Morton
Arboretum and DuPage Forest Preserve, and many other points of
interest, education and entertainment.
The first study tour will take the students to San
Francisco. There
they will visit important cites and attractions in the city-- including
the Federal Reserve, City Hall, Chinatown-- and the Bay Area. Site
visits include Hewlett Packard in Silicon Valley Stanford University
and the University of California, Berkeley, Muir Woods & parts
of Marin County, as well as Alcatraz Island and Golden Gate park for
sunset over the Pacific Ocean. Our academic focus will be upon
responsible corporate leadership, leadership in higher education, and
the value and challenges of governing diverse communities and
institutions.
The second tour begins Boston with a focus on American political
development while walking the city's famed Freedom Trail. Then we
explore political leadership through a visit and discussion at the John
F. Kennedy Museum and Library. Student then hear from a distinguished
panel on interreligious dialogue about peace at Boston, University. The
tour then returns to Washington D.C. with site visits at Capitol Hill,
the White House, as well as cultural visits and a final,
multi-institute meeting at Georgetown University.
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