SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
POLITICAL SCIENCE TRIP TO WASHINGTON DC
SPRING BREAK MARCH 2007
PENN STATE ERIE, THE BEHREND COLLEGE
In March 2007, 22 Penn State Behrend students spent their Spring Break in Washington DC as part of the course, "Politics and Government in Washington DC." This is the seventh year in which Penn State Behrend students have taken such a Spring Break trip. The students were accompanied by Robert Speel, Associate Professor of Political Science at Behrend, who is the instructor for the associated course. Christopher Cook, Assistant Professor of Political Science, and Douglas Charles, Lecturer in History, also came on the trip and assisted the group with van driving. Donald Wagner, Lecturer in Political Science, a Behrend alumnus, and an Erie attorney, joined the group for part of the week.
The trip is part of a course, POLSC 127 (soon to be numbered as PL SC 177), in which students meet with their members of Congress, international organization and embassy officials, federal agency officials, interest group leaders and political consultants in Washington. The students also tour federal government offices and buildings, and visit Washington's most famous monuments and memorials. We stayed at the Virginian Suites Hotel in Arlington, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington. The hotel is located right next to the site of the Iwo Jima Marine Corps War Memorial.
Click on the links below to see a diary of our 2007 trip.
| Sunday, March 11 | Wednesday, March 14 |
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| Monday, March 12 | Thursday, March 15 |
| Tuesday, March 13 | Friday, March 16 |