Shepherd offers 2010 summer session in Europe

ISSUED: 14 January 2010
MEDIA CONTACT: Valerie Owens
(Shepherd offers 2010 summer session in Europe)

Shepherdstown, WV--Shepherd University will be offering the Evolution of European Government and Society, two six-credit study abroad courses to Greece, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Ireland for 24 days beginning the week of May 24. Students will earn three credits in political science and three in history.

Dr. Sally Brasher, assistant professor in Shepherd's Department of History, and Dr. Niel Brasher, chair of the Department of Political Science at Shippensburg University, will conduct the program. The Brashers have led more than ten different university groups to Europe.

The program will begin in Amsterdam and Belgium, where students will stay with host families and hear lectures on modern European politics at NATO, SHAPE, and the European Union, as well as visiting historic sites like the Grand Place, medieval Bruges, and a World War II concentration camp. The following week is Italy with visits to Lucca, Rome, Florence, and Siena. Students will trace the evolution of government from the Forum and Vatican Palace in Rome to the seat of the wealthy Florentine merchants during the Renaissance while visiting the Coliseum, Forum, Bourghese Palace, Uffizi Gallery, Medici Palace, Il Campo, Vatican Museum, St. Peter's Basilica, and Pantheon. During week three students will visit Greece and Dublin. Students will view the birthplace of modern political theory and visit the ancient seat of Athenian government, Parthenon, Acropolis, Delos, and the islands of Santorini and Mykonos. The final nights will be spent in Dublin.

The program cost is $3,470 per student and includes airfare, lodging, field trips, entrance fees, activities, some meals, and transportation in Europe. Tuition is in addition to the program cost.

For more information and an application, contact Dr. Sally Brasher at sbrasher@shepherd.edu.

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