Greece is the Word! Application Now Available for January 2010 Travel Abroad

The 2009-10 school year is really just getting started, yet we’re excited to announce our January 2010 Winter Term program in Greece. From January 2-13, 2010, up to thirty Gatton Academy students will explore the cities, culture, and history of Greece. The Greece Experience marks the third consecutive travel/study program facilitated by the Gatton Academy. Students traveled to Spain and Portugal in 2009 and Italy in 2008.

Sites visited will include Athens, Meteora, Thessaloniki, Delphi, Olympia, Mycenae, and more.  For a full list of excursions, visit the Academy website at http://www.wku.edu/academy/?p=1009.

The cost for this year’s trip will be $2,200.  (The overall program cost is $3,300 with the Academy supplementing $1,100 of the total cost.) This includes roundtrip airfare from Nashville or Cincinnati, hotel accommodations in all destinations, breakfast and dinner while in Europe, admission to most historic sites and museums listed on the itinerary, and travel by chartered motor coach for excursions.

Full information and an application are available in the online brochure.

Students must submit the completed application and $500 deposit no later than Monday, October 12.  Space is limited to 30 students.  Should there be an excess of interest, priority will be given to seniors first and names randomly drawn thereafter.

The Academy will provide three full scholarships to students who require financial assistance.  Students wishing to apply to for this scholarship must submit the following items no later than Monday, September 28: a copy of their parents’ 2009 tax return, a parental statement of need, and a student statement describing his or her reasons for wanting to travel abroad as well as the impact of their overall Gatton Academy experience.   Student selection will occur on or before Monday, October 12.  Students receiving the scholarship will be required to perform community service in consultation with a staff member.

Please direct any additional questions to Tim Gott or Corey Alderdice.

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