2006 Trip to New England / Shepherd University

The Department of

English & Modern Languages

Shepherd University

Spring 2006 Trip: Transcendentalist New England

Travel with us March 10-15, 2006, as we step into the world of the American Transcendentalists--Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Bronson and Louisa May Alcott, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Margaret Fuller . . . and more.

Above: Shepherd students and professors stand at the original site of Thoreau’s Walden Pond cabin in Spring 2002. One student reflected in her journal: “This could not be a better day. The snow and mist make the pond seem so intimate. There are so few people here; with the snow, it seems almost untouched. I am overwhelmed to have trod the same path that Thoreau did. How amazing to look through the trees at his cove. I love that we’re all here together. I feel like we’re such a community—a little family almost. I love the thought of living deliberately on this trip—I look forward to looking back on these words and remembering how close, comfortable, warm, cozy, and safe I feel—in this group—in the middle of a New England Winter.”

Cost of Trip Per Person: $550
Includes round-trip motorcoach transportation, lodging, all meals, admissions.
Cost based on quad occupancy. Double and single occupancy also available at higher cost.

All campus, community, and family members interested in joining us for the trip are welcome. Interested participants may also enroll in the Spring 2006 course, American Literature and the Prominence of Place, Wednesday evenings, 6:00-8:40 p.m. Three to four hours of academic credit is available.

To reserve your space on this special trip, submit a $50 deposit no later than November 1, 2005.

For more information, contact Dr. Linda Tate or Dr. Alan Tinkler.

To learn more, visit http://www.shepherd.edu/transweb/travelguide.htm.