Calendar At-A-Glance
See calendar on following page. The calendar is a draft and subject to change.
Abbreviations:
CCC – Culture, Conflict & Cooperation
CS – Community Service
D&G – Democracy & Governance
FT – Educational, Historical, Cultural Field Trips, Site Visits & Meetings
HF – Host Family
IRD – International Relations & Diplomacy
LTB – Leadership & Teambuilding Activities, including group projects
MCM – Mass Communication & Media
SCR – Social, Cultural, Recreational Activities
SD – Sustainable Development
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BFSI Day-at-a-Glance Calendar (Draft)
Sunday
June 17
Monday
June 18
Tuesday
June 19
Wednesday
June 20
Thursday
June 21
Friday
June 22
Saturday
June 23
June 24
June 25
June 26
June 27
June 28
June 29
June 30
Participants arrive,
Get Acquainted,
Campus Tour, IDs,
Dinner, R&R
10-1: Orientation
Session
1-2: Opening
Lunch with
Guests
9-3: LTB/FT:
Ropes Course &
lunch
9-10: CCC: America
101
10-12: CCC: Global
Issues & Themes
12-1: Lunch
1-3: Intercultural
Understanding &
Appreciation
3-5: MCM: Intro to
Media
6-7: Dinner
7-9: LTB: Leadership
9-12: CCC:
Anatomy of Peace
I
12-1: Lunch
1-5: CCC: Anatomy
of Peace II
6-7: Dinner
7-9: MCM: Social
Media
9-11: D&G: Intro to
D&G: The US
Experience
11-12: Integration
12-1: Lunch
1-3: LTB: Group
Projects/ Action
Planning
3-4: Discuss
Homestay
4-6: Pack for
Homestay
6-8: SCR: Reception
with Host Families
Free day with
HF
4-7: SCR/ FT:
Bus/Walking Tour
DC, dinner
6-7: Dinner
8-9: CCC: Life
Back Home
July 1
July 2
July 3
July 4
July 5
Free day with HF
9-10: MCM/FT:
Intro to Media
Analysis
11-12: D&G/FT:
Capitol Tour
12-1: Lunch (out)
1-4: MCM/FT:
Newseum
9-12: D&G:
Comparative
Politics
12-1: Lunch
1-3: CCC:
Conflict Analysis
3-5: LTB: Group
Projects
9-12: CCC:
Negotiation
12-1: Lunch
(catered)
1-3: CCC: Peer
Mediation
3-5: LTB: Group
Projects
9-12: CCC:
Interfaith Dialogue
& Peacebuilding
12-1: Lunch
1-5: MCM: Media
Production
Optional SCR:
Folk Life Festival
1st Night w/HF
July 6
9-10:30: IRD: Intro
to IRD
10:30-12: IRD: The
UN
12-1: Lunch
1-3: IRD: The UN
3-4: Integration
4-5: LTB: Group
Projects
Optional SCR:
Folk Life
Festival
2nd Night
w/HF
July 7
Free day with
Host Family
9th Night
w/HF
3rd Night w/HF
July 8
4th Night w/HF
July 9
5th Night w/HF
July 10
6th Night w/HF
July 11
7th Night w/HF
July 12
8th Night w/HF
July 13
Free day with HF
D&G Trip to
Philadelphia
National
Constitution
Center, Liberty
Bell
IRD Trip to NYC
Boat Tour Statute of
Liberty, Times
Square
IRD Trip to NYC
United Nations: Tour
& Briefing;
Wall Street; Ground
Zero
9-5: SD/FT/CS:
Environmental
Studies at
Piedmont
9-12
SD/FT/CSCommty
Service
12-1: Lunch
Overnight in
NYC
Return to Mason
Overnight in PA
6-7: Dinner
7-9: SCR
July 15
July 16
July 17
July 18
10:30-12: Debrief
Trip
12-1: Lunch
1-3: SD: Intro to
Sustainable Devt
3-5: LTB: Group
Projects
6-7: Dinner
7-9: SCR
July 19
7-10: SCR:
Party/
Culture Night
July 21
CCC/FT: Tour
Religious
Institution
9-5: CCC/FT: Tour
Religious
Institutions
(lunch out)
9-12: IRD: Role
of Civil Society
& Youth
12-1: Lunch
3-5: IRD/FT:
USDOS &
Foreign Policy
9-12: LTB: Group
Presentations
12-1: Lunch
1-3: LTB: Group
Presentations
3-5 LTB: Action
Planning
6-7: Dinner
7-9: SCR
9-12: Integration,
Re-Entry,
Evaluation
12-1: Lunch
1-6: Free-time,
Pack, clean, etc
6-7: Dinner
7-10: Farewell
Ceremony, Talent
Show
Fellows Leave
Throughout Day
Optional SCR:
10th Night w/HF
SCR: Beach
6-7: Dinner
7-9: SCR
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