2014 Study of the United States Institutes on History and Government
St. Bonaventure University
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Sun, 13 Jul | Mon, 14 Jul | Tue, 15 Jul | Wed, 16 Jul | Thur, 17 Jul | Fri, 18 Jul | Sat, 19 Jul |
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Saturday 12 Jul Arrival Ground transportation to dorms Settle in Sunday July 13 Campus Tour with Ellen Winger at 3pm Social event and dinner at 4pm World Cup watch party at the Rathskeller |
AM Introduction to Moodle & Online content knowledge test (Marinari and mentors) at the computer lab in the library Leadership: Leadership in participants' home countries (Marinari and SUSI participants) PM |
AM Lecture: U.S. Constitution: The Birth of the United States and the Emergence of an American Identity (Robbins) Lecture: American Identity & Exceptionalism: Myth and Reality (Marinari) PM |
AM Leadership: Discuss Burchard, The Student Leadership Guide (Marinari) PM Historical Background on Chautauqua Institution: An Institution of Learning for Everybody Pack for Chautauqua |
ALL DAY ACTIVITY (9 am departure) Chautauqua Institution (students will attend one lecture during the day and go to a symphony orchestra concert in the evening) |
AM Return from CI Free Time PM Optional: evening at Good Times (mentors)
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Free Time
Optional activity: Trip to Darien Lake |
Sun, 20 Jul | Mon, 21 Jul | Tue, 22 Jul | Wed, 23 Jul | Thur, 24 Jul | Fri, 25 Jul | Sat, 26 Jul |
Optional: Annual Seneca Nation Pow Wow in Salamanca, NY (mentors)
Documentary: Niagara Falls (mentors) Pack for Buffalo |
Buffalo Trip Tour and discussion of non-profit organizations in the art world: Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin Martin House at 11:30am Delaware Park (an Olmstead Park) Shopping at Galleria Mall Overnight Stay in Buffalo |
AM Niagara Falls 5:00 Conference call with SUSI institutes in MA and AZ PM |
AM All Day Event: Ropes Holiday Valley (leave campus at 8:00 a.m.) Documentary: “Is Wal-Mart Good for America?” (mentors) Optional: jazz dance class at 6:30 at Dance Arts in Olean (Melissa and mentors) |
AM Lecture: Globalization and American Power (Marinari) Presentation: impact of globalization on home countries. PM |
AM Lecture: U.S./Latin American Comparative Politics (Kubal) Workshop on presentation and grants and debriefing on second week of the institute (Marinari) PM Leave for home visits at 5:00 |
Home Visits |
Sun, 27 Jul | Mon, 28 Jul | Tue, 29 Jul | Wed, 30 Jul | Thur, 31 Jul | Fri, 1 Aug | Sat 2 Aug |
Home Visits End
Pack for Chicago |
AM Travel to Chicago Leave campus 4am PM Free Time |
AM Grant Park Shedd Aquarium PM Free Time |
AM Workshop: Leadership in the refugee relief world with World Relief Chicago PM |
AM Return to Olean |
AM Program Survey: Informal evaluations of the program (mentors) Workshop: Putting into practice Brendon Burchard's The Student Leadership Guide (Marinari) Lecture: US/Latin American Relations in Historical Perspective (Horowitz) PM Workshop on presentation, grant writing, and debriefing on third week of the institute (Marinari) |
Optional: Picnic at Allegany State Park (mentors) |
Sun, 3 Aug | Mon, 4 Aug | Tue, 5 Aug | Wed, 6 Aug | Thur, 7 Aug | Fri, 8 Aug | Sat, 9 Aug |
Cultural Exchange: Potluck with Host Families at 6pm |
AM Discussion: Minorities in Participants' Countries (Marinari) Lecture: Working with Native Americans in the U.S. (Brawdy) PM Documentary: Question 1 (Marinari) |
AM Volunteering at the Pfeiffer Nature Center at 8:00 Workshop: Pfeiffer Nature Center Director on Nonprofit Leadership Lunch at Sprague's PM Lecture: Gay rights as civil rights (de Vries-Jordan) |
AM Discussion: Brendon Burchard, The Student Leadership Guide (Marinari) Discussion: Drown (R Walsh) PM Participants not at Warming House present on how they might lead when they return. Evening |
AM Lecture: American Politics (Lambert) Lecture and discussion: Minorities in Multi-Ethnic Societies (Marinari) PM Participants not at Warming House present on how they might lead when they return |
AM Workshop on presentation and debriefing on fourth week of the institute (Marinari) Work on grant applications (Marinari) Pack PM
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AM Travel to NYC |
Sun, 10 Aug | Mon, 11 Aug | Tue, 12 Aug | Wed, 13 Aug | Thur, 14 Aug | Fri, 15 Aug | Sat, 16 Aug |
AM Free PM Evening |
AM Tour of Harlem PM 9/11 Memorial Museum |
AM Travel to Washington, D.C. Check into hotel PM |
Washington, D.C. AM Center for Inter-American Dialogue Capitol Tour EVE Practice Presentations |
Washington, D.C. AM Meeting with the State Department Student Presentations Debriefing and program evaluation PM |
Washington, D.C. AM World Bank Speaker on LGBT Rights EVE |
Return to home countries |