BEYOND DALLAS...2011-2012
"The world is a great book, and those who do not travel see only one page." St. Augustine
LATVIA & LITHUANIA
Travel with SMU's Embrey Human Rights Program to Holocust sites in Latvia and Lithuania
March 9 - 17, 2012
Instructor: Rick Halperin
For information packet, contact Sherry Aikman at saikman@smu.edu. Deadline for deposit is February 3, 2012.
CIVIL RIGHTS PILGRIMAGE
March 9 - 17, 2012
Instructor: Dennis Simon
SMU Civil Rights Pilgrims will journey to Little Rock, Arkansas where nine courageous black students dared to challenge racial segregation in pubilc schools. Pilgrims will visit the Jackson, Mississippi home of Medgar Evers, whose bloodstains can still be seen on the driveway where he was murdered. We will walk across Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge toward Montgomery and participate in the reenactment of Bloody Sunday. We will visit monuments and museums that celebrate the hard won political changes in a nation’s social and moral structure. In Montgomery, we will visit Dexter Ave. Baptist Church and have dinner with heroes of the movement, those who knew Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The 16th Street Baptist Church will be the focus of our tour in Birmingham, Alabama where four young girls were killed in a bombing. Turning toward Oxford, Mississippi, pilgrims will engage the memory of Goodwin, Cheney and Schwerner and the experiences of James Meredith at the University of Mississippi. Finally, in Memphis, we will visit the Lorraine Motel where Dr. King was assassinated. Participants will enter the pilgrimage and gain knowledge about a part of history which in many cases, preceded them, but has continued to shape their horizons and futures.
Please contact our office at 214-768-4273 or email mls@smu.edu.
FRANCE - ART HISTORY TOUR
Paris and Provence
FNAR 6323
Sunday, June 10 -
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Instructor:
Dianne Goode
Join art historian Dianne Goode for a two-week tour to
France. Enjoy the first week in Paris, with deluxe accommodations on the
historic Left Bank, and the second week in Nice, at a luxurious seaside
hotel. Daily excursions by private motor coach. The tour explores modern
French painting and the significant contributions of Realism, Impressionism,
Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, and the Nonobjective. Dr. Goode
delivers all lectures on site, explaining the works of Courbet, Manet,
Renoir, Degas, Pissarro, Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso,
Kandinsky, Mondrian, and more. Highlights include special visits to artists’
studios and residences.
This tour is offered for credit or noncredit through the MLS Program at SMU.
Click below for trip information and other important forms.
Art History Tour to France
Audit Form
Release of Liability Form
Please contact our office at
214-768-4273 or email
mls@smu.edu.
The SMU Center for Dispute Resolution and
Conflict Management presents
A week in
Ireland June 17 - 24, 2012
The SMU Center for Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management is pleased to
announce the newest addition to our Study Abroad Program. The course,
International Organizational Consulting will be presented in the 16th
century halls of Trinity College, Dublin. This class will focus on the
processes and approaches that have been successfully utilized by numerous
organizations to build and sustain functional international relationships.
Dr. Robert Barner, Associate Director for Executive Education will lead this
distinctive class. International Organizational Consulting at Trinity
College in Dublin, Ireland.
This course incorporates a unique design format and includes one weekend,
June 9 & 10, 2012, at the SMU Plano campus followed by the week of
activities in Dublin. This format will allow students ample time to explore
Dublin and integrate a fuller cross-cultural experience with classroom
learning. The course also makes use of a variety of guest speakers to
provide students with multiple perspectives on the field of international
collaboration and consulting.
Reservations
To make reservations, please contact Kay Barclay at 972-473-3435 or
kbarclay@smu.edu.
Click here for more information.
RWANDA
Aug. 3 - 13, 2012
Instructor: Rick Halperin
For information, contact Sherry Aikman at saikman@smu.edu or email the Master of Liberal Studies office at mls@smu.edu.