Academy Participants will come to Senegal and…
- visit Senegal’s most famous and historic sites
- take day and over night trips throughout Senegal
- be immersed in a Francophone country and discover local languages
- work with various community service organizations
- receive innovative leadership training
- explore their creativity
- interact with their peers from Africa and around the world
- take contemporary issues, history, culture and language lessons from highly qualified teachers from West Africa and the United States
- enjoy daily recreational activities
Academy Participants will leave Senegal…
- with an appreciation for a rich African culture
- with greater knowledge of African history and the role the continent played in shaping the modern world
- with the ability to critically analyze and to conceive the best possible solutions for contemporary issues facing the developing world
- with a better understanding of the power of their creative expression
- knowing how to further develop and use their leadership abilities to better themselves, their communities and the world
- better prepared to face the diversity of the world’s best universities and the international community
- having built life long friendships and established lasting ties to another part of the world
- with the experience of a life time
