SUMMER 2008 SESSION
Armagh: Depart US 7/22 – Return 8/19

THE PROGRAM:

Join a team of media professionals creating a web documentary on the town of Armagh, Northern Ireland, and get a taste of being a foreign correspondent. You'll earn 6 communication credits from Marquette University that you can transfer back to your home campus. During this four-week program, you'll learn

* How to write for the web
* How to take great digital photos
* How to shoot and edit quality video
* How to design sharp web pages
* The ins and outs of intercultural communication
* How to work as part of a production team

We'll also provide Irish culture and history classes. You'll work in assigned production teams, using computers, digital cameras, and videocameras that we provide. The Amma Centre, our computer lab, is open four days a week and some evenings and there's free internet access there or at the library below. You'll be housed in shared dorm rooms; the hostel has a communal kitchen, as well as spacious lounges and a TV room.
There are plenty of extracurricular activities as well: hiking, live performances, dancing, live Irish music, and soccer games, for example. Three-day weekends for independent travel are built into the program; the public bus service covers all of Ireland, with easy connections to Dublin or Belfast. Cabs are plentiful for those who wish to explore off the beaten path. Some meals are included.

THE TOWN:

Armagh is the oldest city in Ireland, with a rich cultural and archeological history. Armagh is the place where St. Patrick built his first church and from where he launched his conversion of the Irish peoples. Both the Catholic and Anglican cathedrals grace dominant hilltops that between them embrace cultures long united by a common faith. Armagh sits on the Irish Republic's border and is 2 hours from Dublin, 3 from Galway, and 1 from Belfast. The area around Armagh is beautiful, with rolling green hills and ancient stone ruins, but there's plenty to do in the city itself as well: two cathedrals, museums, nearby national parks, historic castles and houses, a modern theater with a great summer line-up, a university, a planetarium, hotels and B&B's, and numerous restaurants and lively pubs.

LAST YEARS PROJECT:

www.InArmagh.net

LAST YEARS HANDBOOK:

Armagh2007-Handbook