A once-in-a-lifetime African safari experience. Namibia is home to the oldest hunter-gather culture in the world and to the largest elephants in the world. Namibia is also a refuge for remaining black rhinos, white rhinos, pangolin, desert elephant, and cheetah. This expedition includes visits to Damaraland and the Namib Desert, the oldest desert in the world. We also visit traditional bushmen land, the Erongo Mountains, and Etosha National Park, the flagship park of Namibia. This expedition includes experiences of lions feeding up close and intimate visits to a rhino orphanage to meet orphans and learn about their stories and challenges that Namibians face in protecting them. Additionally, we also get the rare experience of tracking Damaraland’s rare desert elephants (only about 40 left in the world). Finally, we do game drive safaris to see wild hippo, rhinos, and matriarchal herds of elephants as well as cheetah, oryx, kudu, wildebeest, zebra, impala, springbok, baboon, jackal, giraffe, hippo, and lions. It is undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime experience! You will also receive 6 CORE CREDITS towards your undergraduate degree. Students can choose any 2 of 3 course offerings (PHIL 200, ENGL 205/140, MATH 125). Limit: 13 Students.

A once-in-a-lifetime African Wildlife Safari experience. Namibia is home to the oldest hunter-gather culture in the world and the planet’s largest elephants. It is also a remaining haven for black rhinos, white rhinos, Damara desert elephant, pangolin and cheetah. This expedition includes visits to the Cheetah Conservancy and to the and Okavango River as well as to Bwabwata and Mahangu National Parks. This includes game drives and boat safaris to see crocodiles and hippos on the banks. We also have opportunities to visit a rhino orphanage to meet the orphaned rhinos and to learn their stories in addition to the challenges that Namibians face to protect them. This expedition also includes elephant trekking, boat safaris and game drives to see rhinos, elephants, cheetah, oryx, kudu, wildebeest, zebra, impala, springbok, baboon, jackal, giraffe, hippo, and crocodiles. It is undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime experience which offers 6 CORE CREDITS (THEO 332 and COMM 264) towards your undergraduate degree. LIMIT: 14 Students.

A once-in-a-lifetime African Wildlife Safari experience. Namibia is home to the oldest hunter-gather culture in the world and to our planet’s largest elephants. It is also a remaining haven for black rhinos, white rhinos, Damara desert elephants, pangolin, and cheetah. This expedition includes visits to the NyaeNyae Conservancy in Bushmenland in the heart of the Kalahari. It includes game drives and nighttime hikes with experiences of lions feeding up close. This expedition also offers intimate visits to a rhino orphanage to meet the orphans and to learn about their stories and the challenges Namibians face to protect them. It invovles safari game drives to see rhinos, elephants, cheetah, oryx, kudu, wildebeest, zebra, impala, springbok, baboon, jackal, giraffe, hippo, and lions. It is undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime experience for 6 CORE CREDITS (THEO 332 and PHIL 200) towards your undergraduate degree. LIMIT: 14 Students.

NEW and Improved with Four More Days in the Yellowstone and options for 6 of 9 Credits! This is the Expedition that started it all! So many lifetime memories are waiting to be made, including: late night campfires under the Wyoming celestial heavens, horseback-riding, summiting a mountain, hiking to pristine alpine lakes, swimming in glacial lakes, whitewater rafting, participating in the World Famous Cody Rodeo, venturing through Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, encountering black bears, grizzly bears, bison, elk, and moose. This is the experience that bonds students together in long-lasting shared memories with 6 CORE CREDITS towards your undergraduate degree. Choose any 2 of the 3 course offerings (ENGL 205/140, ARTS 111, THEO 388). LIMIT: 16 Students.

A once-in-a-lifetime Endangered Species experience. Rwanda and Uganda are home to the remaining populations of the endangered mountain gorillas, which do not survive in captivity. So this is the only place in the world to see them, and you will see them in an intimate setting in their home. These triple-canopy forested mountains are also home to chimpanzees and various primates, elephants, lions, leopards, hippos, giraffe, zebra, etc. This expedition would include visits to two gorilla families, a troop of chimpanzees, troops of golden and blue monkeys. It also would include visits to communities in Rwanda and Uganda dedicated to protecting gorillas and to sustainable agriculture and to community projects committed to securing clean-drinking water and promoting health education. This expedition also includes safari game drives and boat cruises (especially along the Nile River) to see hordes of elephants, hippos, lion prides, giraffe, hosts of various antelope and birds. This you can do for 6 CORE COURSES (THEO 332 and BIOL 108/9 or BIOL 280) towards your undergraduate degree. LIMIT: 14 Students.

A once-in-a-lifetime Polar Icecap experience! Greenland is the largest island in the world and now made famous because of the Greenland Iceshelf and the impacts of climate change. Like our Antarctica expedition on the other far side of the world, this is an expedition to learn about the history of climate change through periods of glacial advance and retreat and to discover how local people have adapted to these changes over centuries. It is an opportunity to witness firsthand that climate change is real and to be inspired about creative solutions. But, first, we visit Iceland. Icelandic and Greenlandic peoples both have innovative solutions from which we have much to learn! This is the opportunity to sail via icebreaker ship around massive icebergs, to see Humpback and Greenlandic whales and Ringed seals. It is a chance to learn from Icelandic and Greenlandic peoples, to get up close to the most active glacier in the world, to feel like you are standing at the “Ice at the End of the World!” Most importantly, it is an awakening moment—to be able to state that climate change is a nonpolitical reality—and to understand the historical context and scientific basics at the very moment you yourself are actually standing atop the Iceshelf! And you will also receive 6 CORE CREDITS (THEO 332 and PHIL 200) towards your undergraduate degree. LIMIT: 12 Students.

A unique way to discover the essential principles of leadership—in a communal survival setting! This business and leadership focused expedition is a once-in-a-lifetime remote experience! In fact, it is among the remotest of the remote! Imagine flying by floatplane into Gates of the Arctic National Preserve, the least visited of all the National Parks because access is limited to floatplane only. Imagine setting up a basecamp on a lakeshore somewhere 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle where the only visitors over the past 30 years have been our pilot and Xavier people! Imagine not seeing any humans other than our group and our pilot for the entire week! Imagine that your home is also shared by caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, porcupine, wolverine, eagle, Dahl’s sheep and a host of migrating birds. The opportunity to learn communal survival techniques are lessons that you will take with you for a lifetime. Experiences of drinking from a lake so clean that the water need not be filtered. Imagine your first experience of fly fishing or gathering foods (like berries) done in such a majestic, vast, quiet space under the midnight sun. 6 of 9 Credits, Choose 2 of 3 between (ENGL 205/140, MGMT 201 or THEO 388) for undergraduate degrees. LIMIT 12 Students.

A once-in-a-lifetime Remote experience! In fact, it is among the remotest of the remote! Imagine flying by floatplane into Gates of the Arctic National Preserve, the least visited of all the National Parks because access is limited to floatplane only. Imagine setting up a basecamp on a lakeshore somewhere 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle at a lake visited the last 30 years only by our pilot and Xavier people! Imagine not seeing any humans other than our group and our pilot for the entire week! Imagine that your home is also shared by caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, porcupine, wolverine, eagle, Dahl’s sheep and a host of migrating birds. The opportunity to learn communal survival techniques are lessons that you will take with you for a lifetime. Experiences of drinking from a lake so clean that the water need not be filtered. Imagine your first experience of fly fishing or gathering foods (like berries) done iN such a majestic, vast, quiet space where the sun never sets. 6 CORE CREDITS (THEO 388 and PHIL 200) for all undergraduate degrees. LIMIT 12 Students.