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Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship 2023

Daily Schedule

June 24, June 25, Sunday

Saturday Residence Hall

7:30-8:30 Breakfast
8:45-
9:00
9:00- Arrival Day 9:30 Orientation:
10:25 Introduction to the
program (BFTF
administration & staff)
MRGN 121

10:35- Fellows are Orientation:

12:00 arriving at Dorm rules,
residence hall Emergency contacts
Campus tour
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30- Accommodation Campus Tour
2:45 in the dorm
Local shops

2:50- Boxed lunches Rest

3:30 will be provided
3:30- Preparation for
5:00 Welcome Reception
5:00-6:30
Evenin 6:00 Welcome
g Reception for BFTF
Fellows and Staff –
Week 1: June 26- July2
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June 26, Monday June 27, Tuesday June 28, Wednesday June 29, Thurs June 30, Friday July 1 July 2
Residence Hall Residence Hall Residence Hall Residence Hall Residence Hall Resid Hall Resid H
7:30-8:30 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Break-t
8:45-9:00 Plan for the day Plan for the day Plan for the day Plan for the day Plan for the day
9:00- Democratic Democratic Democratic Media and Media and Individual Individual
10:25 Citizenship Citizenship Citizenship Module Journalism Journalism time, time
Module Module Bob Leming Module session Module session shopping
Bob Leming Bob Leming MRGN 121 Diane Jackson Diane Jackson
MRGN 121 MRGN 121 MRGN 121 MRGN 121

10:35- Democratic Democratic Democratic Media and Media and Individual Work in
12:00 Citizenship Citizenship Citizenship Module Journalism Journalism time, groups
Module Module Bob Leming Module session Module session shopping
Bob Leming Bob Leming MRGN 121 Diane Jackson Diane Jackson
MRGN 121 MRGN 121 MRGN 121 MRGN 121

12:00-1:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch

1:30- Project Citizen Democratic Mock Project Citizen Media and Work in
2:45 Asta Balkute Citizenship Congressional Asta Balkute Journalism groups
Module Hearing MRGN 121 Module session
MRGN 121 Bob Leming Bob Leming Diane Jackson
MRGN 121
MRGN 121 MRGN 121, 129,
206

T?2:50- Daily debriefing Daily debriefing Daily debriefing Daily debriefing Daily
3:30 (in groups) (in groups) (in groups) (in groups) debriefing
MRGN 121, 129, MRGN 121, 129, MRGN 121, 129, MRGN 121, (in groups)
206 206 206 129, 206 MRGN 121,
129, 206
3:30- Clubs and sports Clubs & sports Clubs &sports, Clubs and Sports Sports Sports
5:00
5:00-6:30
Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner
Evening Country Country Boilermaker Happy Bowling Movie
presentations presentations Special – campus Birthday! night
(7:00) (7:00) ride (at 7:30) (Fellows BD
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Earhart Hall Earhart Hall party)

Week 2: July 3-9

July 3, Monday July 4, Tuesday July 5, Wed July 6, Thursday July 7 Friday July 8 July 9
Residence Hall Residence Hall Residence Hall Residence Hall Residence Hall Homesta Homest
y
7:30-8:30 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast 7:00- Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
8:00
8:45-9:00 Plan for the day Plan for the day Plan for the day Plan of the day Plan of the day
9:00- Benjamin Independence Day How to organize Trip to Community Host
10:25 Franklin: debates Indianapolis Service Day - families
Statesman, Doug Pruim Wes Tillet take
Diplomat, Scholar. MRGN 121 11:30 – State Lafayette Urban fellows
Jeff Spanke House; Meeting Ministry home
MRGN 121 with Rep. Chris
Campbell
10:35- Intercultural Picnic in Pickett How to organize 12:30 Lunch Community Service We recommend that
12:00 Communication Park debates Day host families take
Sam Al-Nimri Doug Pruim Lafayette Urban Fellows to
MRGN 121 MRGN 121 Ministry historical sites of

12:00-1:30 Lunch Lunch lunch Lunch Tippecanoe county

1:30- TBA Games and Sports Debates 2:00 -City tour/ Meeting with and Lafayette.
2:45 MRGN 121, 129 Museum Domokos Kovacs
(Zoom MRGN 121)
2:50- Daily debriefing Daily debriefing 6:30 – Dinner at Preparation for
3:30 (in 3 groups) (in 3 groups) Dinner Theater reception
MRGN 121, 129, MRGN 121, 129,
206 206
3:30- Clubs & Sports Clubs & Sports
5:00
5:00-6:30
Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner
Evening Talent Show Firework in Jeopardy (7:00) 8:00 – “Beauty 6:00 Reception for
Hail Purdue Stage downtown Earhart Hall and the Beast” – Fellows and host
(7:00) Lafayette Dinner Theater families
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(PMU basement, MRGN Café

next to Starbucks)

Week 3: July 10-16

July 10, Monday July 11, Tuesday July 12, Wed July 13, Thu July 14, Friday July 15 July 16
Homestay Homestay Homestay Homestay Homestay Home Homestay
Breakfast in families Breakfast in families Break-t in fam Breakfast in fam Breakfast in fam
8:15- Plan for the day Plan for the day Chicago Plan for the day
9:00
9:00- Int’l Relations and Int’l Relations and Int’l Relations Willis Tower Work on Host Host
10:25 Diplomacy Module Diplomacy Module and Diplomacy (10 a. m.) projects families families
Matt Ellis (9:00-10:00) Matt Ellis Module
MRGN 121 MRGN 121 Matt Ellis
MRGN 121
Int’l Relations and
10:35 Meeting with diplomats, Diplomacy Module Int’l Relations River cruise Institute
- (H. Briffa, S. Grimsdottir, Matt Ellis and Diplomacy (12:15) conference: Final
12:00 O. Dannenberg, D. Voda) MRGN 121 Module project
Zoom in MRGN 121 Matt Ellis presentations
(10:00-11:30) MRGN 121
12:00- Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch in town Lunch
1:30
1:30- Int’l Relations and Project Citizen Int’l Relations Free time Institute
2:45 Diplomacy Module Anatoli Rapoport and Diplomacy conference: Final
session Module session Meeting point – project
Matt Ellis MRGN 121 Matt Ellis Millenium Park presentations
MRGN 121 MRGN 121 at 6 p.m.
2:50- Daily debriefing Preparation for Work on Conference:
3:30 (in groups) MRGN 121 International Dinner projects Final project
129, 206 presentations
3:30- Clubs and sports, Preparation for Int’l Clubs & sports Return to W Laf 4:00 Final
5:00 Dinner by 9:00-9:30 reception
Dinner in families 6:30 -International Dinner in Dinner in families for
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Dinner Oakland Families Fellows

Evening with host Academy - 1100 Evening with Evening with Evening with host and host
families Elizabeth St, host families host families families families
Lafayette, IN 47904
(families are invited)

Week 4: July 17-22

July 17, Monday July 18, Tuesday July 19, July 20, Thursday July 21, Friday July 22, July
Wednesday Saturday 23
Homestay Philadelphia Washington Washington Washington Washingto
n
Breakfast in families Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
8:45- 8:00 departure for Plan of the day Plan of the day Plan for the day Plan for the day
9:00 Washington D.C.
9:00- Trip to Washington Philadelphia Capitol Tour Visit to State Final Session Fellows fly
10:25 D.C. (10:30) Department home
Independence
Indiana, Hall (12 p.m.) “Day in the State”
Ohio
10:35- Benjamin Capitol Tour “Day in the State” D.C. Memorials
12:00 Franklin House (Lincoln, WW II,
(2 p.m.) MLK, FDR)
walking tour
12:00- Lunch on rout Lunch in town Lunch in town Lunch in town Lunch in town
1:30
1:30- Free time Holocaust National Archives Smithsonian’s
3:00 Memorial
Pennsylvania Museum
(2:00)

3:10- 6:00 Departure Smithsonian’s Preparation for

4:30 to D.C. departure
Evening Arrival at 9:00 Arrival in Show at Kennedy Farewell pizza
Georgetown D.C: Georgetown Center party
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University University “Lion King”

campus