Description
Friends and alumni are invited to join Augustana faculty members Dr. David O'Hara and Dr. Rocki Wentzel on a trip of a lifetime to Greece. Each year a handful Augustana students have the privilege of traveling to Greece with Dr. Wentzel and Dr. O'Hara, who describe Greece as their "favorite classroom." This summer, Dr. Wentzel and Dr. O'Hara are making this experience available to Augustana alumni and the broader Augustana community. Together we will see the majestic ruins of ancient Athens and visit archaeological sites and museums throughout the country, including Delphi, Nemea, Mycenae, Sounion, and Epidauros. We will travel by private bus throughout the mainland, and to several Mediterranean islands by ferry. We will see the site where Socrates was tried, and our tour will take us to the Areopagus, where St. Paul first preached the Gospel to the ancient philosophers, and to Corinth, where St. Paul lived for a year and a half. Each day we will visit ancient temples, theaters, and fortresses, with scenic vistas of breathtaking beauty as a backdrop. And since no visit to Greece would be complete without sampling its excellent cuisine, we will take time to visit some of Greece's excellent wineries, scenic small towns, and restaurants.
Cost Information
The tour costs $4,000. The fee includes daily breakfast, double occupancy accommodations in 3-4 star tourist class hotels, 9 meals, winery visit and tasting, folk dancing demonstration, tour guide services, hydrofoil tickets, entrance fees to museums and tourist sites, all gratuities and hotel taxes, all local transportation (including airfare between Athens and Santorini), and airport transfers.
**The cost does not include airfare to and from Greece or single-occupancy hotel rooms (available with a $595 single supplement fee).**
Suggested donation to
IPO Study Abroad Annual Scholarship: $500/person or $750/couple
Augustana has a strong culture of study away, sending 200+ students to overseas and domestic locations each year. Scholarship opportunities make this possible. Your donation will allow students with financial need to participate in what is often their first significant travel experience. We thank you for your consideration!
Enrollment Procedures
To enroll in this tour, click the Apply Now button above.
Program Directors
Dr. David O'Hara
Associate Professor, Philosophy and Classics
605.274.4890
david.ohara@augie.edu
Dr. David O’Hara teaches a variety of courses, including ancient philosophy, American philosophy, environmental ethics, Asian philosophy, and philosophy of religion. He regularly teaches a course on classics in Greece, and a course on tropical rainforest and reef ecology in Belize and Guatemala. His most recent book is Downstream, (Cascade Press, 2014) about brook trout and the ecology of the Appalachians. He is also the author of Narnia and the Fields of Arbol: The Environmental Vision of C.S. Lewis (U. P. Kentucky, 2008). He is currently preparing an edited volume of the Religious Writings of American philosopher Charles S. Peirce. Dr. O'Hara is a graduate of Middlebury College (B.A., Spanish), St John's College (M.A., Liberal Arts), and The Pennsylvania State University (M.A., Ph.D., Philosophy).
Dr. Rocki Wentzel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Philosophy and Classics
605.274.5401
rocki.wentzel@augie.edu
Dr. Rocki Wentzel joined Augustana in 2008. She teaches courses in Latin and Greek, as well as Greek and Roman mythology, literature in translation, and seminars on applications of gift theory. Her research falls under the heading of classical reception and she has published articles on reception in the fiction of Edith Wharton with a particular focus on writing, creativity, and gender. She earned her Ph.D. in Greek and Latin (Classics) at The Ohio State University, where she wrote her dissertation on the reception of Virgil’s Aeneid in Augustine’s Confessions.
