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Program - Schedule

Date Time/Place Event
Thursday, July 1, 2004 All Day Philadelphia Airport, Arrivals
All Day Christiana Towers (East), Check-In
4:00P / Room TBA Film, Modern Times
6:00P / Room TBA Film, Independence Day
Friday, July 2, 2004 9:30A / SSB ID Office
Friday, July 2, 2004 11:00A / TSC Wilmington Savings Funds Society Bank, FSB
1:30P-3:00P / MLB Library Orientation
3:30P-4:30P / MLB 016 Computer Orientation
6:00P-7:30P / Ali Baba Restaurant, 175 East Main Street Dinner with Dr. Lesa Griffiths, Director of the Center for International Studies and Dr. Sean Cox Associate Director of the Center for International Studies, and Administrative Director of the Institute
8:00P / Room TBA Film, 1776
Saturday, July 3, 2004 Morning Free Time
12:45P/ Department Campus
1:45P-3:45P / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania National Constitution Center
3:45P-5:00P / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Independence National Historical Park
5:00P-7:00P / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Free Time
7:05P / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Baseball Game: Baltimore Orioles vs. Philadelphia Phillies with Fireworks following the game
Sunday, July 4, 2004 - Independence Day 12:30P / 30 Winslow Road BBQ, Residence of Professor James Magee
Dusk / Newark, Delaware Town of Newark Fireworks
Monday, July 5, 2004 TBA Pool Party & Outdoor Sport Activities w/Summer College
6:30P-8:10P / Room TBA Film, 1776
8:15P-10:25P / Room TBA Film, Independence Day
10:30P-1:30A / Room TBA Film, The Patriot
Tuesday, July 6, 2004 9:00A-10:30A / ALS 126 Professor James Magee (Political Science)
Academic Program Introduction
American Norms and Attitudes: The Historical Roots
11:00A-12:30P / ALS 231 Professor Joan DelFattore (English)
Free Speech Under Fire: Disputes Over Controversial Speech In Public Schools
1:45P-3:15P / ALH 126 Student Panel: The American Undergraduate Experience
Wednesday, July 7, 2004 8:00A-9:45A / PRS/U.M.S Mr. Moahhamd Yaghi, Executive Director, Palestinian Center for Mass Communication, Ramallah
Overcoming Misconceptions of Norms and Attitudes
10:00-11:30A / ALS 126 Professor Joan Delfattore (English)
Lecture: Religious Freedom in America: a case study in public schools
1:45P-3:15P / MEM 110 Professor Kenneth Koford (Economics)
Lecture: Independence, Self-Initiative and the Values of Hard Work and Honesty
6:00P / 47 Kent Way Dinner Hosted by the President and Mrs. Roselle
Thursday, July 8, 2004 9:00A-10:30A / ALS 126 Professor James Magee (Political Science)
Discussion: Contemporary American Norms and Attitudes
11:00A-12:30P / ALS 126 Professor Renee Hayes (Education)
Seminar: Defining American Culture - How American Culture is experienced by Americans living outside the United States, how visitors to the United states define American culture, and the diversity of perspectives included in the notion 'American.'
1:45P- / MLB Library Time included in the notion 'American.'
Evening / Room TBA Film, The Wizard of Oz
Friday, July 9, 2004 9:00A Depart Newark
1:30P-3:30P / Lewes Campus - Virden Professor Audrey Helfman (Consumer Studies)
Leadership Workshop
4:00P / Lewes, Delaware Walking Tour
Saturday, July 10, 2004 9:30A-11:00A / Lewes Campus - Virden Professor Audrey Helfman (Consumer Studies)
Leadership Workshop
TBA / Lewes Campus - MSST Tour of Research Vessel Cape Henlopen
Afternoon / Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Beach Opportunity
Evening / Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Shopping Opportunity
Sunday, July 11, 2004 Morning / Lewes, Delaware Beach Opportunity
12:30P Depart Lewes
1:30P / Georgetown Ag Campus Ms. Susan Truehart-Garey (Livestock Extension)
Tour of University Farm, Meet with 4H Student Leaders
Evening Return to Newark
Monday, July 12, 2004 9:30A-11:00A / MEM 109 Michael Foster (Music)
Interactive Session: Jazz and its Impact on American Music
11:15A-12:15P / Room TBA Professor Ismat Shah (Materials Science & Engineering)
Optional meeting for students interested in Science & Engineering
1:00P-2:30P / MEM 110 Professor Ralph Begleiter (Communication)
Multimedia Presentation: Understanding the American News Media in a Global Context
3:00P-4:30P / MEM 110 Professor Audrey Helfman (Consumer Studies)
Leadership Workshop
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 9:00A-12:45P / MEM 109 Professor Thomas Leitch (English)
Cowboys, Indians, and Couch Potatoes
Film, The Searchers
2:00P-4:00P / MEM 109 Professor Ralph Begleiter (Communication)
Multimedia Presentation: Whose Media?
Evening / Room TBA Multiethnic Dinner
Wednesday, July 14, 2004 9:00A-10:30A / GOR 104 Professor Claire Rasmussen (Political Science)
Lecture: Race and Racism in America
11:00A-12:30P / GOR 104 Professor Barbara Darling-Smith (Religion)
Class: Religion and American Culture
1:45P-3:15P GOR 104 Professor Joseph Pika (Political Science)
The American Presidency
Thursday, July 15, 2004 9:00A-10:30A / MEM 110 Professor Thomas Leitch (English)
Presentation: Fear of Crime/Love of Criminals
11:00A-12:30P / MEM 109 Professor Mark J. Miller (Political Science)
American Immigration Policy: The Present and the Future
Friday, July 16, 2004 9:00A-10:30A / MEM 109 Professor Mark J. Miller (Political Science)
Lecture: The Evolution and Impact of American Immigration
11:00A-12:20P / MEM 110 Professor Audrey Helfman (Consumer Studies)
Leadership Workshop
Afternoon Free Time
Evening Folk Dancing (Optional)
Saturday, July 17, 2004 9:00A-4:00P / Wilmington, Delaware Volunteer Opportunity: Habitat for Humanity Project
Sunday, July 18, 2004 9:00A-Evening Share the Day in Baltimore with the Georgetown University MEPI Program
Ft. McHenry
National Aquarium
Barnes and Noble, Booksellers
Monday, July 19, 2004 9:00A-10:30A / MEM 110 Dr. Sean Cox (International Studies)
Roundtable: Americans Abroad - Their impact on the World
Monday, July 19, 2004 11:00A-12:30P / MEM 109 Professor Paige Eager-Whaley (Political Science)
Lecture: American Feminism and Contemporary Politics
Afternoon Free Time
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 9:00A-10:30A / MEM 109 Professor Stacie Beck (Economics)
Lecture: The American Financial Sector
11:00A-12:30P / MEM 110 Professor Audrey Helfman (Consumer Studies)
Leadership Workshop
1:45P-3:15P / MEM 110 Professor Matthew Robinson (Health and Exercise Sciences)
Seminar: Professional Sports and the American Economy
Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9:00A-10:30A / ALS 230 Professor Kenneth Koford (Economics)
Lecture: Government Regulation of Business - Health, Safety, and the Environment
11:00A-12:30P / ALS 126 Professor Stacie Beck (Economics)
Lecture: The Conduct of U.S. Macroeconomic Policy
1:45P-3:15P ALS 230 Professor Renee Hayes (Education)
Presentation: The American Immigrant Experience - How different immigrant groups have adapted to American culture and, through attempting to maintain their heritage cultures and languages, have helped to shape and define American society
Thursday, July 22, 2004 9:00A-10:30A / Room TBA Student Panel: So you think you want to be a graduate student?
TBA Depart Campus
TBA / Wilmington, Delaware Hagley Museum & Library
TBA / Oxford, Pennsylvania Herr's Potato Chip Factory
TBA Arrive Newark
8:00P / Room TBA Film, Norma Rae
Friday, July 23, 2004 9:30A-10:30A / GOR 104 Room Reserved
11:00A-12:20P / GOR 104 Professor Hilda Speicher (Psychology)
Lecture: The Social Psychology of inter-group relations in the American urban neighborhood
1:45P-3:15P GOR 114 Room Scheduled
8:00P Room TBA Film, Barefoot
Saturday, July 24, 2004 9:00A / Christiana Towers Depart Campus by bus
11:30A New York, NY Arrive
Afternoon Professor Hilda Speicher (Psychology) Discussion and Site Visit: Small Neighborhoods in the Large Metropolis
Evening / Times Square, New York, NY Musical, 42nd Street
Sunday, July 25, 2004 Morning / New York, NY Visit to Statue of Liberty National Monument including Ellis Island
Early Afternoon / New York, NY World Trade Center Site
7:00P Depart New York by bus
Late Evening Arrive Newark, DE
Monday, July 26, 2004 9:00A-10:30A / MEM 109 Room Scheduled
11:00A-12:30P / MEM 109 Professor Mark Miller (Political Science)
The United States and the Israeli-Palestinian Question
1:45P-3:15P / MEM 110 Professor Daniel Green (Political Science)
American Foreign Policy and the Middle East
Tuesday, July 27, 2004 9:00A-10:30A / GOR 208 Professor Audrey Helfman (Consumer Studies)
Leadership Workshop
11:00A-12:30P / GOR 208 Professor Kenneth Koford (Economics)
The Decentralization of American Institutions
1:15P-3:15P / GOR 208 Room Scheduled
Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:00A-10:30 / GOR 208 Professor Benigno Aguirre (Sociology)
Mass Migration and the Social Construction of Deviants
11:00A-12:30P / GOR 217 Professor Candace Archer (Political Science)
American Political Institutions: Financial Institutions
1:45P-3:15P Free Time
Evening Packing Party
Thursday, July 29, 2004 9:00A-10:30A / MEM 110 Professor Benigno Aguirre (Sociology)
Late 20th Century Migration to the United States: A Comparative Look at Civic and Political Integration
11:00A-12:30P / MEM 109 Professor Candace Archer (Political Science)
American Political Institutions: Political Parties and Elections
1:45P-3:30P / MEM 110 Professor Matthew Robinson (Health and Exercise Sciences)
Sports and American Society
Evening Film, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Friday, July 30, 2004 9:00A-10:30A / GOR 208 Professor Candace Archer (Political Science)
American Political Institutions: Congress
10:55A-12:20P / Room TBA Participant Presentations
1:45P-4:15P / GOR 208 Room Reserved
4:00P-6:00P / Room TBA Participant Presentations
6:30P / Room TBA Farewell Dinner
Saturday, July 31, 2004 9:00A Depart Campus
10:15A-1:30P / Harrington, Delaware Delaware State Fair
Late Afternoon / Salisbury, Maryland Adkins Historical and Museum Complex
Evening / Williamsburg, Virginia Check in Red Roof Inn
Sunday, Aug. 1, 2004 All Day / Williamsburg, Virginia Colonial Williamsburg Historical Park
Monday, Aug. 2, 2004 All Day / Williamsburg, Virginia Busch Gardens Amusement Park
Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2004 9:30-12:00P / Norfolk, Virginia Fleet Forces Command
The Military Command and its Impact on American Culture and Community
Afternoon / Norfolk, Virginia Tour of Aircraft Carrier
Evening / Washington, D.C. Fleet Forces Command
Wednessday, Aug 4, 2004 9:15A-10:30AM / The United States Senate Meeting with Senator Joseph S. Biden (D-DE)
11:00AM-12:00P / The United States House of Representatives Meeting with Rep. Michael Castle (R-DE)
12:30P-2:00P / Washington, D. C. The Arab-American Institute (Luncheon)
3:30P-5:30P / Center for Strategic and Internationals Studies Jon B. Alterman, Director, The Middle East Program
The United States, the Middle East, and North Africa
3:30P-5:30P / Center for Strategic and Internationals Studies Mr. Thomas M. Sanderson (Law & Diplomacy)
On Entering International Service, and an Open Discussion of International Relations and Politics
Thursday, Aug 5, 2004 9:30A-10:30A / U. S. Department of State Washington, D.C. Meeting with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
11:00A-12:00P TBA
12:00P-1:30P Lunch at the State Department
2:30P Council on American-Islamic Relations
Friday, Aug 6, 2004 12:30P Free Time
Saturday, Aug 7, 2004 All Day Departures from Washington Dulles Airport, Virginia