Tours and Optional Events
Space in campus tours and optional events is limited; register early. SCUP retains the right to cancel events that do not meet minimum enrollments.
Start times listed are when the bus will depart the Marriott Wardman. Participants must be in bus loading area 15 minutes prior to departure.
Saturday, July 23, 2005, 7:00 am–6:00 pm
University of Virginia, Jefferson's Famed "Academical Village", and His Home, Monticello
SOLD OUT If there is enough interest for another bus, we will add one. To add your name to the waitlist email karen.verhey@scup.org
This tour begins with a scenic 2.5 hour drive through the Virginia countryside. We anticipate that two buses will depart at 7:00 am from the hotel (based on this tour's popularity during SCUP-33). One bus will tour Monticello first; the second bus will tour the university first. Participants will enjoy breakfast on the bus and then meet for lunch at the historic Pavilion VII Colonnade Club on the lawn of the university. After lunch, the groups will split, finish their tours, and enjoy a light snack on the bus while returning to the hotel.
This full day tour from DC to Charlottesville and back, will visit the University of Virginia and Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home. Tours on campus will include two elements–the historic gardens and the Central Grounds buildings. Our drive onto the Grounds will include a short bus tour of the large-scale aspects; the gardens and central Grounds buildings will be visited on a walking tour. Monticello was a working plantation—a center of agriculture and industry—home not only to the Jefferson family, but to an extended community of workers, black and white, enslaved and free. A docent led tour of the gardens at Monticello will demonstrate the botanic laboratory of ornamental and useful plants from around the world that Jefferson grew including 170 fruit varieties, and over 330 vegetable varieties in Monticello's 1000-foot-long garden terrace. The tour includes the plantation, the residence, and the tree-enclosed gardens just beyond.
Please note that backpacks of any size or bags exceeding 11" by 15" by 4" are not allowed beyond the Shuttle Station and must remain on the bus.
Cost: $115US
Saturday, July 23, 2005, 2:00 pm–4:30 pm
Neighborhood Walking Tour
Put on your walking shoes and enjoy this behind-the-scenes tour of the Dupont Circle Neighborhood, stepping into Washington's elegant past. Though many of the turn-of-the-century mansions have been converted by the diplomatic community or private institutions, each has a story to tell. From DC's largest circle park, the avenues and streets radiate past embassies, hotels, shops, pubs, private clubs, bookstores, restaurants, and cafes. A century of transition has made Dupont Circle into Washington's most unique and cosmopolitan neighborhood.
Included in the tour will be a special visit to the Anderson House, built in 1903 by former Ambassador Lars Anderson, who bequeathed the house to The Society of the Cincinnati. The house is a Washington landmark, and one of the few remaining examples of the great town residences of a bygone day. It is a Historic House Museum on the National Register of Historic Places and a national museum of relics of the American Revolution.
Cost: $29US
Sunday, July 24, 2005, 8:00 am–4:00 pm
Morgan State University and Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University and Morgan State University–Two Baltimore City Campuses in the Process of Rebuilding and Refinishing
First stop is Morgan State University, where you will have an opportunity to learn about the evolution of this Historically Black Institution (HBI). Founded in 1867 as the Centenary Biblical Institute, Morgan is now designated as Maryland's public urban institution. The university's very existence was threatened following the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Investment declined with the assumption that students would choose Traditionally White Institutions (TWI's) over HBI's. As a result of aggressive and focused leadership, Morgan has experienced a metamorphosis. Maryland has invested more than $250 million in Morgan's physical plant; most facilities have been renovated and/or replaced.
The second stop on the tour is to the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the principal undergraduate and academic campus of an institution often better known for its research and medical education programs. JHU has invested approximately $120-million in capital improvements to the campus. Strongly influenced by Homewood House, a National Historic Landmark built in 1802, the campus diligently follows a master plan laid out in 1910 to include traditional quadrangles formed largely by Georgian revival buildings, a comprehensive landscape program that includes brick walks, site furnishings, lighting, and planting. See this work, a new recreation center, a new classroom building, and other facilities on this tour.
Cost: $75US
Sunday, July 24, 2005, 9:00 am–Noon
Washington Monuments
Welcome to Washington! Visit the landmarks that this city is known for in this convenient, narrated riding tour. You will drive by the White House and follow the inaugural parade route to Capital Hill, passing the Federal Triangle government buildings, the monolithic FBI building, the Library of Congress, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Descending the Hill, the bus will make its way down the tree-lined Mall, flanked on either side by the Smithsonian Museums, to our nation's memorials. The temple-like Jefferson Memorial, the educational tribute to Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Lincoln Memorial, the powerful Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, and the new World War II Memorial. The tour will stop at two of the memorials, if time permits.
Cost: $45US
Sunday, July 24, 2005, 9:00 am–3:00 pm
George Mason University
George Mason University (GMU) has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent decades from a regionally-based commuter school to an internationally renowned research university. Join us for a tour of GMU's main campus in Fairfax, VA, which will focus on academic and strategic planning goals that have dramatically propelled the university's reputation and expansion. The tour will feature Innovation Hall–GMU's newest academic building–and their recently-expanded residence life facilities. The tour will conclude with GMU's revolutionary Johnson Center along with a discussion of the planning and operational challenges GMU faced combining a student center and library in the same building.
Cost: $75US
Tuesday, July 26, 2005, 2:00 pm–5:00 pm
Georgetown University: Enhancing Student Life and Community
SOLD OUT If there is enough interest for another bus, we will add one. To add your name to the waitlist email karen.verhey@scup.org
With the development of the new Southwest Quadrangle project, Georgetown University has built a catalyst for enhanced student life and community. Built on the southern edge of campus overlooking the Potomac River and the skyline of Rosslyn, VA, the new quad is formed by the Kennedy, McCarthy, and Reynolds Residence Halls, the Wolfington Jesuit Residence, and O'Donovan Hall, a dining hall. The entire project is constructed on a platform of underground parking, the university's bus garage, and a central loading dock. Linking this new development to the original main quad to the east is Library Walk. Featured along Library Walk is the recently renovated New South Building, a mixed-use building housing students and offices. Plans call for a new student center to be housed in the former dining facility at the New South Building to further the mission of community and student interaction. Just north of this development is the nearly complete Davis Performing Arts Center providing a new cultural venue for student life. This tour will highlight the goals of these projects.
Cost: $49US
Tuesday, July 26, 2005, 2:00 pm–6:00 pm
National Institutes of Health
SOLD OUT If there is enough interest for another bus, we will add one. To add your name to the waitlist email karen.verhey@scup.org
Tour the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus, the new Clinical Research Center, and the Neuroscience Research Center. The tour and presentation will focus on the challenges of planning and designing facilities for a biomedical research campus in the context of long-range master planning and current program initiatives. The buildings were selected due to their significance as state-of-the-art biomedical and clinical facilities, but also from the standpoint of the unique scientific collaborations and interactions within these two facilities.
Cost: $49US
Tuesday, July 26, 2005, 2:00 pm–6:00 pm
The George Washington University: Momentum of the Campus
SOLD OUT If there is enough interest for another bus, we will add one. To add your name to the waitlist email karen.verhey@scup.org
The tour will survey recent developments on The George Washington University's urban campus including facilities, streetscape and outdoor spaces, and a variety of student amenities, all of which are intended to reinforce a sense of the academic community. Issues of campus image, undergraduate experience and academics, and community identity will be discussed as they relate to renovations to the mid-campus quad, the new Lerner Family Health and Wellness Center, the residence halls–Ivory Tower and Townhouse Row–and the new 1957 E Street Academic Building. Also included is the Media and Public Affairs Building, a state-of-the-art facility that has been home to a variety of live and taped national TV events, including CNN's Crossfire. Participants will have the opportunity to observe the broadcast studio in action. The tour will conclude with a reception at 1957 E Street's seventh floor, overlooking DC's monuments and the National Mall.
Cost: $49US
Tuesday, July 26, 2005, 5:00 pm–11:00 pm
Baseball! Baltimore Orioles vs. Texas Rangers
Play ball! Travel to Baltimore and the acclaimed Camden Yards, a state-of-the-art sports facility with old-fashioned ambiance. In its short history, it has influenced the design of several new ball parks. In this stunning setting, sit back and enjoy a fun-filled evening with friends. Fee includes bus transportation and entrance fee. [Note: if you are interested in attending both a campus tour and the baseball game on Tuesday, please register for both. If there is enough interest we will provide transportation to the baseball game.]
Cost: $70US
Wednesday, July 27, 2005, 1:00 pm–5:00 pm
Arlington National Cemetery and Alexandria
Explore our national cemetery with a leisurely bus tour of the hallowed grounds commemorating American casualties of war. More than 270,000 soldiers are buried symmetrically about the Tomb of the Unknowns. The first two of nearly 5,000 unknown soldiers were interred on May 15, 1864, casualties of the Civil War. The first graves were dug by James Parks, a former Arlington Estate slave, who was born on the property and is the only person buried there to have been born there. Perched high atop Arlington Cemetery's highest hill is Arlington House. When construction began in 1802, the estate was not intended to be a national cemetery, but a living memorial to George Washington by Parke Custis, the first president's adopted grandson. Arlington National Cemetery was established by Brig. Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, who commanded the garrison at Arlington House and appropriated the grounds in 1864 for use as a military cemetery. A stone and masonry burial vault in the rose garden, 20 feet wide and 10 feet deep, and containing the remains of 1,800 Bull Run casualties, was among the first monuments to Union dead erected under Meigs' orders. Meigs himself was later buried within 100 yards of Arlington House. After the tour of Arlington Cemetery, stroll the streets of Alexandria, a historic city with many buildings from the 18th century. Washington himself surveyed the lots for this port city in 1749. Old Town Alexandria remains a wonderful source of entertainment. Quaint shops, colorful street performers, historic homes, and a cutting-edge artists' complex combine to make Alexandria a charming blend of the old and the new.
Cost: $55US
Wednesday, July 27, 2005, 1:30 pm–4:30 pm
Washington Monuments
Welcome to Washington! Visit the landmarks that this city is known for in this convenient, narrated riding tour. You will drive by the White House and follow the inaugural parade route to Capital Hill, passing the Federal Triangle government buildings, the monolithic FBI building, the Library of Congress, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Descending the Hill, the bus will make its way down the tree-lined Mall, flanked on either side by the Smithsonian Museums, to our nation's memorials. The temple-like Jefferson Memorial, the educational tribute to Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Lincoln Memorial, the powerful Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, and the new World War II Memorial. The tour will stop at two of the memorials, if time permits.
Cost: $45US
Wednesday, July 27, 2005, 2:00 pm–4:30 pm
Neighborhood Walking Tour
Put on your walking shoes and enjoy this behind-the-scenes tour of the Dupont Circle Neighborhood, stepping into Washington's elegant past. Though many of the turn-of-the-century mansions have been converted by the diplomatic community or private institutions, each has a story to tell. From DC's largest circle park, the avenues and streets radiate past embassies, hotels, shops, pubs, private clubs, bookstores, restaurants, and cafes. A century of transition has made Dupont Circle into Washington's most unique and cosmopolitan neighborhood.
Included in the tour will be a special visit to the Anderson House, built in 1903 by former Ambassador Lars Anderson, who bequeathed the house to The Society of the Cincinnati. The house is a Washington landmark, and one of the few remaining examples of the great town residences of a bygone day. It is a Historic House Museum on the National Register of Historic Places and a national museum of relics of the American Revolution.
Cost: $29US
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