2023年秋季学期 Westmont in Northern Europe
Explore Christ's Call to be Peacemakers
2023年秋季
What does “Blessed are the peacemakers” mean for us today? 加入我们，让我们一起前往迷人的地方，与那些亲身了解其国家所面临的冲突并直接参与建立和平努力的杰出人士会面.
的地方
We will visit many places on our journeys, 但我们决定在两个令人兴奋和美丽的地方长期停留-Northern Ireland and 柏林,德国–that have known deep conflict and have made great strides toward healing.
We'll visit two other locations–英国伦敦 and 斯洛伐克–for a week to ten days, just long enough to explore the riches they have to offer, 一些著名的, some nearly unknown.
我们住在莫恩山脚下一个美丽的海边村庄的山谷里的小屋里. In the late 20th Century, 北爱尔兰因其政治身份和未来经历了三十年的武装冲突. That violence ended 20 years ago, 从那时起，双方为在冲突中实现和解作出了艰苦的努力. We'll meet a number of people directly involved with those efforts.
Berlin has known devastating conflict over the past century–two World Wars, and a Cold War that left the city divided by the infamous Berlin Wall. 那堵墙早已不复存在，而这座城市已经重生为一个充满活力的世界之都. 它痛苦的历史和令人惊叹的重生使它成为探索冲突和缔造和平的完美之地. We'll split our time between an apartment complex in the heart of the city, and a stay in a Berlin 首页。 with one or two other Westmont students.
伦敦有无数的旅游景点，但它也有很多ag娱乐官网冲突和和平的教训. 我们将去考文垂旅行，那里的大教堂在德国的轰炸中被摧毁了. That event gave birth to the Community of the Cross of Nails, 一个致力于在有严重冲突的地方实现和解的基督教组织.
斯洛伐克是一个美丽迷人的国家，美国人对它知之甚少. 冷战期间，它位于铁幕后面，很少有美国人能去那里旅行. We'll get to know it well, 探索它如何驾驭其社会主义的过去和民主的现在的复杂性.
学习
This will be learning like you've never known–active, integrated, and experiential. Every activity and every encounter, from museum visits to shopping for groceries, is an opportunity for learning.
课程完成 seven General Education requirements. Even if you have or will fulfill some of these in other courses, 有很多可以使这个项目成为你的通识教育项目取得进步的好方法.
- 全球思维
- Reading Imaginative Literature
- Thinking Historically
- Philosophical Reflections on Reality, Knowledge, and Value
- 外语
- Communicating Cross-Culturally
- Physical Education (one semester)
“我只听说过的事情变成了活生生的地方和人, with a power I never expected.”
Fulfills GE Thinking Historically & GE Philosophical Reflections
“教室延伸到街道、教堂、家庭、博物馆、咖啡馆等地方."
Fulfills GE Reading Imaginative Literature & GE 全球思维
“你可以从教科书中学到和平的艺术，但你不会学到如何成为一个和平缔造者，除非你遇到那些在长期受伤的困境中努力和解的人。.”
Fulfills GE Communicating Cross Culturally
“德国语言学校的寄宿家庭非常棒，是学习语言的好方法."
Instruction provided by German Language School Berlin
Fulfills GE Modern 外语
“I've held an owl and ridden mountain bikes through Narnia. It's not just school abroad, it's an adventure.”
Fulfills PEA credit
教师领导
Dr. Cheri Larsen Hoeckley
Dr. 拉森·霍克利教授英语，专攻维多利亚文学和女性作家. 十九世纪英语文学中大量涌现的全球声音，尤其是女性的声音th 她对全球文学的兴趣与日俱增. 她和医生. Hoeckley have led 12 study-abroad programs together.
Dr. 基督教Hoeckley
Dr. 霍克利是韦斯特蒙特大学加德文科学院的主任，并教授哲学. He has interests in philosophy of science and philosophy of religion, 但最近他将注意力转向探索世俗和基督教思想中正义战争的可能性. 他和博士. Larsen Hoeckley have led 12 study-abroad programs together.
欧洲朋友
Liam loves all things Irish. 他会为我们安排罗斯特雷佛的音乐之夜，并在当地重要的景点指导我们.
迪迪照顾我们在小屋的所有需求，并带我们去莫恩山脉探险. She's an animal on a mountain bike.
Duncan is a professor of politics at the University of Ulster, and is one of the leading experts on the Northern Ireland Peace Process. His understanding of peacemaking is deeply shaped by the Gospel.
Bianca is trained in sociology and theology. 在德国逗留期间，她向我们介绍了柏林多元文化的复杂性.
Juraj is a professor of human geography in Bratislava, 斯洛伐克. 在斯洛伐克期间，他以无与伦比的善良和幽默引导我们.
精神生活
活动
项目成本
威斯蒙特大学的学费、标准食宿和项目费用不超过2500美元. You will be responsible for the cost of round trip airfare from the USA.
学生可以申请学校的经济援助奖学金——基于需求的奖学金和基于成绩的奖学金——来支付项目的费用.
资格
本项目欢迎在本学期具有大二水平的学生, 大三和大四学生. 请注意，选择过程中的优先级不会由班级地位决定.
- GPA(最低2分).3 gpa for eligibility)
- Application and essays
- Personal and faculty recommendations
标准
In addition to the general qualifications above, the following are requirements that must be met, with or without reasonable accommodation, in order to complete all essential elements of the program. All participants must be able to:
- 定期参加基于当地饮食的公共餐，对食物的选择控制有限. 在一些地方，准备参与准备和清理这些餐后.
- 在多个不规则的表面上行走，每天可以独立行走10英里. (广泛的步行, 以及穿越古老的城镇和狭窄的通道和许多楼梯, are part of the daily life of the program.)
- 在没有帮助的情况下携带个人物品，包括手提箱和/或背包.
- 尽管获得心理服务的机会有限，但预期有足够的情绪健康，以安全成功地充分参与该计划.
- 如果不是所有地点，预计至少会有两个人入住.
- 至少在项目开始前两周接种最后一剂Covid-19疫苗.
- 如果符合条件, 如果距离上次接种Covid-19疫苗或增强疫苗已至少两个月，则应在出发前至少两周接种最新的Covid-19疫苗增强剂.
如何申请
No longer accepting applications. 有关该项目的更多信息，请联系Chris Hoeckley教授hoeckley@wikiwagsdisposables.com.