I think that a discussion about this would be good to have before we all met:
Why are you going and what is the number one thing you expect this trip to do for you?
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Monique Jorgensen - Guest Profile
Monique Jorgensen is from Taiwan and is graduating from BYU-I with a degree in University Studies this December, after which she is considering applying to a Masters program in London. She is fantastically funny - anyone who roommed with her on the trip would know. She loves mangos, her sisters, and is excited to go back to Taiwan in a few weeks.
Susan Denker
Ron Anderson - World Class Tour Director
Ron Anderson has a Ph.D. in Middle Eastern Studies/Biblical Hebrew from the University of Utah. He has Bachelors and Masters degrees from Brigham Young University as well. His Masters degree is in Ancient Near Eastern Studies. He has taught in the Church Educational System for 24 years, including two years at BYU and Utah Valley State College. He is currently teaching at BYU Idaho as a member of the Religion faculty. Ron has had many rare and unique teaching opportunities during his career, including spending the summer term of 1998 as an Instructor at the BYU Jerusalem Center in Israel. Ron has also had the opportunity to direct many tours to Israel, Sinai, and Egypt. He has done so with BYU Travel Study, BYU Semester Abroad Program, Shalom Tours, and Murdock Travel. In 1995 Ron, his wife Jill, and their five children had the opportunity to live in Israel for a year and a half while Ron enrolled in the Ulpan where he studied the Hebrew language extensively. His touring experience combined with his teaching experience is a tremendous resource to us all as we visit and discover these rich sites together.
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7 comments:
I love to travel and try new things! I'm going for the adventure and to have some great experiences. I love history, so I'm excited to see the places we've been learning about. I'm also a singer, so I'm excited to see places in Europe that are important to music history. Example: Austria - Mozart! I expect to learn a lot about the world this way and meet lots of new people. I expect this to help me see things from a different perspective.
Liz, I agree with you.
Traveling opens our eye's to the world and really expands our perspective. I think that the more we see and experience, the greater amount of compassion we are capable of.
Also, it's been a dream of mine to go to Europe. I think it will help all willing and actively engaged participants to become more well rounded people.
I have always loved the history of the roman empire, and it has just grown inside of me throughout the years - leaving me with a huge desire to visit the historic sites in Italy. I have also always loved the Italian culture.
I know that this will be the experience of a lifetime, and something that I may never have the chance to do again. So instead of dreaming, I decided to make my dreams come true.
Plus, this is such an amazing opportunity. We only have to pay to have someone set up an entire month-long trip for us. It's quite beautiful when you think about it actually. :)
This will be my third time going to Europe! I love to travel! I can't get enough of it. I can't wait to site see, take pictures, eat gelato and other yummy treats...shopping, making friends oh it is going to be so much fun!
I'm going on this trip because all my life I have been dying to go to Europe for some reason. I haven't ever been out of the country and I think that it's a great thing to do, especially at this time in my life. I'm just excited for everything! I can't chose just one thing! I'm really excited to meet new people as well. It's gonna be AMAZING!!!!!
I'm about to graduate with my degree in History Education, so going on this trip will help me teach the history and culture of Europe to my students with insights you can't get from a text book. Plus i love to travel, but don't get to do it very much. I have been out of the country before, but since it was on a cruise, they didn't stamp my pass port and thats something i've always wanted to have, a pass port full of stamps.
I am an Art major and so naturally it has been a life long dream to go visit the area that created art. I love learning about it and I think it will help me out with my future pursuits.
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