School Counselor Experience Abroad
Tuscany Campus – Prato, Italy
The University of New Haven is pleased to offer a great opportunity for 18 select high school counselors! We invite you to experience a week in the life of students at our satellite campus in Prato, Italy in the heart of the Tuscany region. This educational program will highlight the University of New Haven’s focus on experiential and global education while touring the university’s Tuscany Campus and meeting faculty and staff. You will have the chance to learn more about the University of New Haven while attending informational sessions at our Prato Campus. In addition, you will tour the historic sites, museums, churches and piazzas of Florence, the marvelous Tuscan countryside around Prato, and visit one of the Medici family’s renaissance villas. You will also visit neighboring historical cities such as Siena, San Gimignano, Pisa, Lucca and a beautiful Tuscan vineyard, and enjoy an Opera concert performed in a Renaissance church! Activities include a cooking class, a photo contest, and an Italian language session with faculty and staff.
- Transportation to/from Milan airport to Prato
- Accommodation in Prato (double occupancy), breakfast included
- Three lunches and five dinners (other meals will be on your own)
- All transportation, except on your free day
- All entrance fees for museums, galleries and churches except the day on your own
- Presentations to include Admissions information session, Experiential Education, Student Success and Advising, Italian Language, Italian Cooking Class, Intercultural Competencies and the History of Study Abroad as well as a photo contest.
- Airfare from JKF to Milan, Italy/ Milan, Italy to JFK (Airports subject to change).
- Gratuities
- Any personal expenses
Itinerary to be announced.