ACADEMICS Special Programs SPRING BREAK IN MISSION Recent Trips
Recent Trips
Mexico
Education/Cultural/Service
The Mexico team worked in the town of Amecameca, where students built houses in partnership with Habitat for Humanity, International.
Central Europe
Educational/Service/Cultural
Students expericed Vienna, Budapest, and Prauge while enjoying the cultural diversity and timeliess destinations made famous by the likes of Mozart.
Italy
Educational/Cultural
Students who participated in the educational and cultural trip to Spoleto, Italy experienced the world of the Renaissance city in situ while examining its origins and outcomes. We observed not only how this community defined itself (through architecture, art, literature, and the philosophy of humanism); but also how it continues to underlie and define the modern communities that built upon it.
New Orleans
Educational/Service/Cultural
Six years ago Hurricane Katrina hit the coast of Louisiana. Even several years after the hurricane hit, Katrina's devastation is still evident. On this mission trip we had the opportunity to help fix this destruction. Working with Habitat for Humanity for five days we built homes and helped families to restore their lives in New Orleans. This trip was a great opportunity to help fix the greatest domestic natural disaster of the decade.
People's Republic of China
Educational/Cultural
Sponsored by the Global Studies Institute at Culver Academies
The team traveled to the People's Republic of China to deepen Culver's exchange program with the Shanghai Foreign Language School. Highlights included; attending classes at the school, tours of Shanghai after Expo2010, a home stay in Shanghai, visiting Beijing, the site of the 2008 Olympic Games, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and building friendships with students in China.
New Zealand
Educational/Cultural/Service
The New Zealand team traveled across the globe to the extraordinarily beautiful land of the Kiwi's, New Zealand. Our conservation experience began in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city located on both the Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean, and known worldwide as the "city of sails". Here we visited colonies of penguins at Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter & Underwater World, took a boat ride to Tiritiri Matangi Island to visit the famous open bird sanctuary, and visited Goat Island, New Zealand's first marine reserve, with optional snorkeling available.
