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Professional Development and Travel
Opportunities
VERGILIAN SOCIETY TOUR SCHEDULE FOR 2003
William Mierse,
University
of
Vermont
Southern Spain
: The
Land
of
Phoenicians
, Iberians, Romans,
and Arabs.
Madrid
,
Cordoba
,
Granada
, Ronda, Sevilla,
Merida
June 30-
July 12, 2003
Patricia Johnston,
Brandeis
University
and Ray Clark,
Memorial
University
Underworlds and Hades' Healing Waters
Cumae., the
Bay
of
Naples
, and
Sicily
June 30-
July 12, 2003
Beverly Berg,
Linnfield
College
James Lawrence, Manlius Pebble Hill Sch.
Petrarch's Favorite Romans
Provence
and
Northern Italy
:
Avignon
,
Vaison-la-Romaine,
Milan
,
Verona
,
Padua
July 13-
July 26, 2003
(Note: This tour
begins on a Sunday)
Anne Koloski-Ostrow, Brandeis University Steven
Koloski-Ostrow, Mass. Inst. of Tech
Naples
Bay
as Melting Pot,
Always at a Boil: Social History in Coastal
Campania
Cumae
III
August 4-16, 2003
For further information, contact:
Thomas M. Hayes
Secretary
The Vergilian Society
22 Bluetop Rd.
E.
Setauket
,
NY
11733
ph/fax 631-751-3483
VergSoc@aol.com
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INSIDE
ITALY
TOURS
Inside Italy Tours is a new offering by an experienced
tour leader, Patsy Ricks, who has 20 years of experience in conducting
personal tours for both students and adults. Patsy has studied in
Italy
and speaks Italian,
has taught classes in Latin and Roman culture in high school and
college, and adult enrichment classes in Italian as well as courses on
wines with special emphasis on Italian wines.
Your Augur editor has traveled twice in groups led by Patsy Ricks
and highly recommends her as a knowledgeable and fun guide.
Her new company, Inside Italy Tours (website:
www.insideitalytours.com) offers small group excursions for
travelers who want creative and lively itineraries, careful planning,
secure delivery from native English-speaking tour guides who are experts
in Italian history, culture, language, food and wine, and joy of life.
Inside Italy Tourists like to walk, to swim, to shop, to look, to
listen, to learn. Rather than being sealed up on tour busses, they
prefer to use public transportation and to experience the “real”
Italy
.
Inside Italy Tours will also plan an Italian vacation specifically for
you, complete with transportation, charming and comfortable hotels based
on personal experience, restaurants to eat at, and the best sights.
And, Patsy knows the language.
New Year's Eve in
Rome
!
December
26, 2002
to
January
1, 2003
This tour departs the
USA
on
Thursday, Dec 26, 2002
to arrive in
Italy
on
Friday, Dec. 27, 2002
.
Included activities: walking tour of the ancient sites in Rome, a
tour of Vatican Museum with its ancient and Renaissance treasures
including the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica, an evening wine
tasting, a day trip to the charming hillside town of Frascati for a
tasting of the local wines and shopping, a morning visit to the Borghese
Galleries, and an afternoon tour of the Spanish Steps, New Year’s Eve
dinner and celebration including a night tour of the Trevi Fountain and
the Piazza Navona. Return to
the
USA
is on
Wednesday, Jan. 1,
2003
.
This tour is designed for a maximum of 10 people and
whenever possible will use public transportation. Price is $1550 (double
occupancy) + airfare. A
single supplement will be required.
Participants will stay in a luxurious hotel in the heart of old
Rome
.
The price includes transportation, museums, breakfasts, wine
tastings, and a fabulous New Year’s Eve dinner. Not included are
lunches, dinners (other than New Year’s Eve dinner), drinks at meals,
and personal use of taxis. A
minimum of 8 people is required for the trip. A non-refundable down
payment of $500 is required. Participants are advised to obtain trip
insurance.
Italian Pleasure Places
June 16 to
June 24, 2003
Starts in
Rome
with dinner and a
walking tour of the magnificently illuminated city at night.
Travel on to Positano,
spend a day at
Pompeii
.
Overnight in
Sorrento
.
Visit
Capri
with overnights with
time for swimming or shopping and a climb to Tiberius’ celebrated
Villa Jovis and visit the pleasure villa Lysis.
Participate with the natives in the evening passaggiata and the
mystique and sights of the island. Morning
boat trip around this magnificent island and visit to the world-famous
Blue Grotto. Return to the
eternal city,
Rome
, to tour more of the
ancient city including the buildings that were the essence of the Roman
world. In the evening enjoy
a sampling of the area wines. The
next day, visit the Borghese Galleries containing the magnificent
sculptures of Bernini. That
last night, pay farewell to
Rome
by stopping at the
Trevi fountain, the Piazza Navona, and the Spanish Steps.
This tour is designed for a maximum of 10 people and
whenever possible will use public transportation. Price is $2475 (double
occupancy) + airfare. A
single supplement will be required.
All hotels are quaint, comfortably luxurious, and air
conditioned. Included in the
price are hotels, breakfasts, museums, transportation. Not included are
lunches and dinners and personal transportation use such as taxis.
A minimum of 8 people
is required for the trip. A non-refundable down payment of $500 is
required. Participants are advised to obtain trip insurance.
Wine Tour of
Tuscany
,
Umbria
,
and
Rome
June 30 to
July 8, 2003
During visits to Rome, Siena, Tuscan wine country, the
Chianti region, Sam Gimignano, Montalcino, Montepulciano, Perugia,
Orvieto, there will be dinners, wine tastings, and walking tours,
shopping, ancient monuments, and of
the magnificently illuminated city at night, including a tour of caves
and museums of Orvieto.
NOTA BENE: These
tour descriptions were severely edited by the Augur Editor.
Please check with Patsy Ricks and see her website for accurate
details about these trips.
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Fulbright Teacher and Administrator
Exchange Program
I am pleased to introduce the Fulbright Teacher and
Administrator Exchange Program, which was established by an act of
Congress in 1946 and provides international opportunities for K-12,
two-year and four-year college faculty and administrators.
Since the Program's inception, more than 85,000 American
Fulbrighters have studied, taught or conducted research in 140 countries
around the world, and more than 144,000 foreign citizens have come to
the
United States
under Fulbright
auspices. The Program has made a significant impact on the
internationalization of academia and has helped to establish permanent
links for the exchange of ideas and resolution of problems for the
general betterment of people worldwide. For the 2003-2004 program year
there are more than 30 countries offering teacher exchanges and 11
countries offering administrative exchanges. The Fulbright Teacher and
Administrator Exchange is sponsored by the United States Department of
State's Bureau of Cultural and Educational Affairs. Assistance is
provided by the
Graduate
School
, USDA in applicant
recruitment, candidate interviewing and matching of foreign teachers,
and in supporting foreign Fulbright Teachers on assignments in the
United States
.
Additional information about the program is available
at www.fulbrightexchanges.org or by contacting our office:
Fulbright Teacher and Administrator
Exchange Program
600 Maryland Ave.
, SW.,
Suite
320
Washington
,
D.C.
20024-2520
Phone: (800) 726-0479
Fax: (202) 479-6806
Email: fulbright@grad.usda.gov
We would be also happy to arrange for a Fulbright alum
or other representative to come and speak to your organization about the
program, should you be interested in doing so.
Sincerely,
Artur Lungu
Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Program
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