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Upcoming trips with the Rotating University will include Nepal, India, New Zealand, and Hawaii.
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by Global Good News staff writer
15 January 2010
Maharishi Universityof Management has a programme known as the Rotating University, in which students can take courses of study abroad, usually of four to six weeks duration, in the one course at a time format.
The purpose of these courses is to develop ‘international citizens’ who understand and appreciate the cultures and traditions of nations around the world.
Students prefer this approach to study abroad since it enables them to travel and study as a group with their friends. They also enjoy continuing with their group practice of the Transcendental Meditation and Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme.
Most courses focus on academic topics relevant to the culture of the country. Some include the study of local language and geography as well. In every course students learn to manage their daily study and travel in accordance with the customs of that country.
In February and March of 2009 ten students enjoyed four weeks in South Africa that proved to be a rich blend of travel, study, cultural interchange, safaris, and their group practice of their Transcendental Meditation and Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme.
First the students spent a week before the trip learning about the history, languages, and geography of South Africa. They then ventured abroad with their itinerary including Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Kruger National Park, and Ezemvelo Nature Reserve, which is owned by the Maharishi Invincibility Institute in Johannesburg.
They spent several days with the students of the Invincibility Institute and conducted a youth conference to build relationships between the two schools and among the youth of both nations.
Also this year, six Maharishi University of Management students spent three weeks on the island of Maui in Hawaii for a course in leadership and outdoor adventure sports. Each student took a turn leading a three-and-a-half day segment of the course.
Their responsibilities included finding out what was available in a particular area, establishing a format and structure, arranging activities, planning meals, buying the food, setting an itinerary, and arranging how the group would get from one place to the next. This presented each student with several group and leadership challenges. In the process students gained firsthand a much deeper understanding of what it means to be a leader.
Rotating University courses for the 2009/2010 academic year will include Nepal, India, New Zealand, and Hawaii.
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