Activities

The UAH Office of International Programs & Services will host an evening of American Blues with Microwave Dave and the Nukes. The concert will begin at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, July 16th, in the Chan Auditorium of the Business Administration Building on the UAH Campus. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the UAH Office of International Programs & Services in conjunction with the Study of the United States Institute, Academy for Educational Development, and the U.S. Department of State.

Approximately five days of the Institute will be devoted to travel to sites that will enhance the quality of the academic and cultural content of the program. The following sites have been identified for inclusion in the Institute:

• Alabama Constitution Village in Huntsville
• U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville
• Huntsville City Government
• Alabama State Courts (meet with Hon. Martha Lynn Sherrod, minority judge)
• Alabama State Government in Montgomery, Alabama
• National Voting Rights Museum and Institute in Selma, Alabama
• Lowndes County Interpretive Center, Whitehall, Alabama
• The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia
• CNN Studio Tour in Atlanta, Georgia
• Grand Ole' Opry in Nashville, Tennessee
• Meeting with Amish in Tennessee
• State Black Archives Research Center and Museum, Alabama A&M University

These site visits will be interspersed throughout the duration of the Institute.


*Community Service
To appreciate the importance of volunteerism in a democratic civil society, you will be assigned short-term, community service activities. To assist the university’s students, UAH works closely with a variety of community service organizations that would be appropriate for the students: University Place School, Salvation Army, Huntsville Botanical Gardens, Huntsville Museum of Art, EarlyWorks Children’s Museum, Constitution Village, Habitat for Humanity, Huntsville Hospital, and St. Vincent DePaul. You will have the opportunity to participate in volunteer activities with some of these organizations about once a week.

Learn more about community service at the UAH Service-Learning and Volunteer Services website.

*Study of the United States Institutes for Global Student Leaders
Washington, DC Conference

From July 31 – Aug 3, you will travel to Washington D.C. to meet with the U.S. State Department, the Academy for Educational Development, and the other 115 student leaders from around the world who participated in the Study of the U.S. Institute at other institutions this summer!

You may refer to the D.C. Conference DRAFT schedule, but please note that speakers are yet to be determined.

Other Links
Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitor Bureau's Calendar of Events