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Dragons programs are authentic, rugged and profound student travel adventures that expose the beautiful and complex realities of the countries in which we travel. Featuring extended itineraries, Dragons programs encourage deep immersion into strikingly different physical and cultural landscapes, combining the best in experiential education, travel, service learning, and physically and intellectually challenging experiences.

While Dragons programs vary in their focus—with some trekking and wilderness intensive, others strong on service and development studies, and still others language-oriented—all Dragons journeys are designed above all else to be fun, safe and honest educational experiences.

On ancient maps Dragons were drawn to symbolize the unknown, and to travel beyond the familiar world was to go “where there be dragons.” There are people who live their lives for adventure, exploration and knowledge—people who are willing to venture into the unknown for the sake of discovery. For those people, we offer incredible experiences. We hope you are one of them. Where do you want to go?

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As the leader in cross-cultural education, Dragons operates the Princeton University’s China Bridge Year program, the Princeton India Bridge Year program, and the Princeton Senegal Bridge Year program. We offer summer programs for high school students and college students, gap year programs, college-accredited semester programs and language study.

ECOLOGY PROJECT

Ecology Project International

Learn.  Travel.  Engage.

EPI works with individual students and school groups; if you’re part of a school group, click here. If you’re organizing your own travel, you’re in the right place – read on!

Travel Your Own Way

Each season, EPI brings individual students to research sites around the Western Hemisphere. What’s your passion? From marine biology to conservation, sea turtle research to wildlife photography, we’re here to help! Our 9- to 12-day programs in Costa Rica, Yellowstone, Baja Mexico, and the Galapagos will give you hands-on experience with ongoing research projects.
Check out our available dates, or learn more about our program sites:

VISIONS

This is VISIONS 25th season. We are happy to provide parent, student and school references who can speak to the consistent quality of our programs. Our service and cultural immersion experiences take place around the world and include Spanish, English and French-speaking sites. The overview will be helpful for your school's directory.

Overview: VISIONS Service Adventures offers summer community service programs in under-resourced communities around the world. Programs blend ambitious service work, cultural immersion, and adventure. We live as a group in a local neighborhood, and we complete construction, environmental, and social service projects. Time is set aside for travel and excursions on weekends. High school and middle school programs are available in South, Central and North America, the Caribbean, Cambodia, and Ghana. French and Spanish language immersion in some locations.

Highlights: Community Service, Spanish Language Immersion, French Language Immersion, Cross-Cultural Exchange, Adventure, Travel

Program Locations: Peru, Ecuador & Galapagos, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Guadeloupe, British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, Ghana, Montana, Mississippi, Alaska

Ages / Grades: High school programs for 14 - 18 year-olds. Middle school programs for 12 - 14 year-olds.

Please contact us with questions or if you would like additional information.



Thank you!

Kareen Erbe
www.Visions-Service.com
1.406.551.4423 / 800.813.9283

Our Mission ~ Through service work and cross-cultural living, VISIONS offers new perspectives and deep learning while assisting under-resourced communities.

Young Ambassadors for Wilderness

Student Applications due this Friday!

Young Ambassadors for Wilderness is a new program for teenagers who love wilderness and want to work to protect wilderness throughout their lives.

Students currently in grades 8-10 are eligible to apply for this unique program. Young Ambassadors for Wilderness spend 6-10 hours a month working with an adult mentor, communicating with peers throughout the state, and learning wilderness, leadership, and communication skills.

Unique opportunities include:
Wilderness outings
Shadowing a wilderness ranger
Attending the National 50th Anniversary of Wilderness Conference in New Mexico in October 2014
The program is a 20 month commitment and runs April 2013 - November 2014.

Applications are due March 15, 2013.

Don't miss this exciting opportunity!

For more information or an application go to: www.wildwyo.org.

Questions? Contact Kristen Pope: kristen@wildwyo.org  (307) 203-8382

Young Ambassadors for Wilderness is a program of the Wyoming Wilderness Association: “Working to protect Wyoming's wild public lands”

Kristen Pope, Bridger-Teton Outreach Coordinator
Wyoming Wilderness Association
PO Box 848
Jackson, WY 83001
307.203.8382 cell
kristen@wildwyo.org

Visit our web site: www.wildwyo.org

"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds." - Edward Abbey

Yellowstone Wildlife Ecology Project

ECOLOGY PROJECT INTERNATIONAL (EPI)
Yellowstone Wildlife Ecology Summer Research Program Experience the power of conservation where it all began — in Yellowstone, the world’s first national park. On our Wildlife Ecology Program, you’ll walk among bison and elk; you’ll track Yellowstone wildlife, from grizzlies to pikas, across ancient volcanic plateaus.
Here in the wild, howl at the moon and you can hope a wolf howls back. Our summer research programs for high school and college students engage you with meaningful science in a landscape so unique, it inspired the entire idea that places and animals deserve protection. Learn More. Contact Us.

ENGINEERING SUMMER PROGRAM

Engineering Summer Program Application Deadline: March 31, 2013 The College of Engineering and Applied Science along with the Wyoming Engineering Society, J. Kenneth & Pat Kennedy Endowment, Mr. Paul N.Scherbel, and UW Academic Affairs offers high school juniors an opportunity to participate in a summer program of hands-on experiences in various engineering fields. You might have a chance to build a digital circuit, study solutions to an environmental issue, program a robotic device, or design timber trusses. Laboratory sessions provide basic instruction: you put your knowledge to the test. As an ESP participant, you'll work one-on-one with faculty members and advanced students. Your curiosity and enthusiasm - not tests and grades - will inspire discovery. This one week program will expand your horizons, develop your creative thinking and problem solving skills, and challenge your imagination. ESP is held on the University of Wyoming campus, with some of the best laboratories and equipment in the Rocky Mountain region. Approximately thirty students will be selected to participate in the program. Students who are interested in any career area are encouraged to apply. The field of engineering can often be excellent preparation for advanced degrees and careers in medicine, law, business, as well as the various fields in engineering. Engineering is built on the principle of solving problems in the world around us and improving the quality of life for the human race. ESP is committed to exploring the field of engineering, the development of leadership skills, and improving human service characteristics in each participant. Those who are accepted into the program will be required to pay the total who are accepted into the program will be required to pay the total cost of $100 for an activity fee. All other program costs are provided by the College of Engineering and Applied Science and the Wyoming Engineering Society. If you require additional information, contact Jeffrey Anderson at 307-766-3180 or e-mail:uwyo.edu">esp@uwyo.edu

JH Chamber Internship 2013