Appropriate entries can include poetry, short stories, journal entries, sketches, photos, letters, and postcards - whatever you want to contribute. This intense and experiential program focuses on Israeli and Palestinian cultures and the efforts at peace building in the region. Working out of the city of Jerusalem, the program draws upon the resources of the city and upon Israeli and Palestinian leaders and educators. The program begins in late August and ends in mid-December. Besides the group travel, the program has an experiential component that may include meetings with representatives of governments and non-governmental organizations, journalists, religious leaders, and private citizens.
Students attend various cultural activities and volunteer one day a week.
Then University College Cork may be your off-campus study destination. Founded in 1849, UCC is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, established in 1908. There are over 11,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The architecture of the campus is a blend of the original Gothic buildings and new structures. The park-like campus is located close to the city center of Cork.