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7/22/2025 to 7/27/2025
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When:
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July 22, 2025 to July 27, 2025
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Where:
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Pennsylvania
United States
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Contact:
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NCHC Office
hello@nchchonors.org
(402) 472-9150
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About the Institute
Participants will engage in direct observation, mapping exercises, writing assignments, interviews and discussions. The Institute will culminate with a workshop on adaptations of City As Text™ methodology to curricular and co-curricular programming.
We will explore together ways to incorporate experiential learning, discursive teaching, and recursive writing in community-based learning courses involving students producing civically engaged scholarship. The institute will coincide with
the 42nd Annual San Juan Bautista Hispanic Festival in downtown Lancaster City. During this institute the Anabaptism at Five Hundred 1525-2025 international academic conference on the 500th anniversary of Anabaptism (the foundation of Pennsylvania
German culture) will be held at the Galen Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies on the campus of Elizabethtown College whose Honors Program sponsored by the Hershey Company is hosting this institute.
Cost
Member price: $925 (includes $350 non-refundable deposit)
Nonmember price: $1,850 (includes $350 non-refundable deposit)
This cost covers Institute reading materials, instructional fees, open reception and final group dinner. It does not include travel to and from Lancaster City, hotel accommodations, local transportation, or most meals.
Deadline to register: June 16, 2025
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Travel & Accommodations
Lancaster City is accessible by plane, car, or rail. The institute hotel is Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square, 25 S Queen St, Lancaster, PA 17603.
Itinerary
Introductions and initial exploration walkabout. Introduction to 42nd Annual San Juan Bautista Hispanic Festival throughout the city. Initial impressions debriefing followed by an opening reception. Writing time in the evening
and dinner in small groups.
All morning Lancaster City neighborhood explorations and attend the 42nd Annual San Juan Bautista Hispanic Festival throughout the city. Afternoon discourse with local scholars and professionals engaged in refugee resettlement,
migrant workers affordable housing, diversity, inclusivity, heritage, and economic development. Debriefing on observations, readings, presentations. Dinner in small groups followed by writing time.
All day extended exploration of the Amish countryside. Walkabout and exploration of the Amish community of Bird-In-Hand in Lancaster County. Explore, observe, engage, and reflect in the Bird-In-Hand Farmers Market. Visit several
Amish farms and farm cottage industries. Lunch at an Amish family’s home. Debriefing on observations, readings, presentations. Dinner in small groups followed by writing time.
Visit the Honors Program Center at Elizabethtown College featuring a discussion about refugees and Lancaster County and City as refugee immigrant welcoming communities by faculty from the Center for Global
Understanding and Peacemaking. Visit Elizabethtown College Galen Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies discussion with scholars presenting at the conference on the 500th anniversary of Anabaptism. Lunch in small groups in Historic
District of Elizabethtown. Engage in City As Text™ Elizabethtown Borough. Debriefing on observations, readings, presentations. Dinner in small groups followed by writing time.
Daylong workshop at Franklin and Marshall College. Morning session for discussing participants’ Turning Point assignment. Lunch in small groups in Historic District of Lancaster City. Afternoon workshop
on the application of City As Text™ pedagogy to participants’ home campuses. Closing dinner.
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