This NCHC Civic Seminar explores the Chesapeake Bay’s environmental and social challenges. Over ten days, students will engage with local stakeholders and visit key sites to study issues like climate change, coastal resiliency, and the fate of key species. The seminar helps students develop solutions for complex civic issues in their own communities.

Coinciding with the 42nd Annual San Juan Bautista Hispanic Festival in downtown Lancaster City, this institute will explore ways to incorporate experiential learning, discursive teaching, and recursive writing in community-based learning courses that result in students producing civically engaged scholarship. Participants will engage in direct observation, mapping exercises, writing assignments, interviews and discussions.

Join us for the International Amsterdam Place as Text Faculty Institute. Home to some 180 nationalities, Amsterdam is renowned for its social tolerance and cultural diversity with more than 85% of the population speaking at least two languages. Yet this progressive city also remains rife with vestiges of a complex colonial past. In our Institute we will consider how contemporary migration, money, multiculturalism, and museums elucidate Amsterdam's hybrid history and define its global future.

This NCHC Master Class will provide an opportunity for faculty with prior City as Text® experiences (through an NCHC Place as Text Faculty Institute or City as Text® at the national conference) to engage in an intensive exploration of San Diego prior to the 2025 National Conference. From its Native American roots and Spanish Missionary heritage, to cultural milestones and military influence, to the gold rush and surf culture, San Diego's contributions to shaping the region, the country, and the world can be found when navigating its complex and fascinating history. Indeed, there is a San Diego to be discovered beyond preconceived ideas and expectations.

This NCHC Introduction to Place as Text program is intended for faculty and staff members who are new to place-based pedagogy. Participants will engage in intentional explorations to experience Place as Text as their students do, with all of the excitement and challenges that come with it. They will be introduced to principles of site-based experiential learning as they explore the city’s diverse neighborhoods, landmarks, and public spaces.