SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
POLITICAL SCIENCE TRIP TO WASHINGTON DC
SPRING BREAK MARCH 2011
PENN STATE ERIE, THE BEHREND COLLEGE
In March 2011, 19 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 ninth 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, and Dawn Blasko, Associate Professor of Psychology. Also joining us were two Ryerson University students from Toronto, and Michael Drabik, Penn State Behrend alumnus and husband of Dr. Blasko. Penn State Behrend alumna Barbara Welton and her mother, Janet Welton, and Penn State Behrend alumnus Larry Mroz also joined us for part of the week.
The trip is part of a course, 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 2011 trip. Thank you to Amy Wagner, Marla Whitney, Michael Gillespie, Caley Yakemowicz, Maya Hoffman, Max Johnson, Jason Grossman, Zane Walter, Michael Drabik, and Larry Mroz for contributing photos.
| Sunday, March 6 | Wednesday, March 9 |
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| Monday, March 7 | Thursday, March 10 |
| Tuesday, March 8 | Friday, March 11 |
