Nantucket
Term – B 2011
Project Opportunities – IQP
Housing – Shared student dormitories
Director – Professor Dominic Golding
Preparation – 1/2 unit preparation activity in A 2011
Application Deadline – September 30, 2010 (before 1:00 pm)
LOCATION
The Nantucket Island project center is a residential program with a resident faculty advisor. The island is 14 miles long and about 3.5 miles wide and has approximately 10,000 year-round residents. Nantucket was once a booming whaling center but is now primarily a summer resort and tourist destination although it has changed little since the 17th century and retains many cobblestone streets and historic homes and shops). The entire island is a National Historic District. It has several excellent museums, many wonderful public beaches, and 40% of the island is protected conservation land.
PROJECTS
Nantucket is unique for a number of reasons: it is a high-end, tourist destination in the summer when approximately 40,000 tourists visit the island and draw on the island’s limited resources; it is an historic site deeply committed to historic preservation and museum studies; and it is also an environmentally-sensitive site where much of the land is protected and where problems such as beach erosion and invasive species ( white-tail deer) have created new challenges (such as overgrazing and Lyme disease). Therefore, projects will tend to focus on environmental challenges (e.g., waste management, tourism impacts, sustainability) and on museum studies (e.g., providing information and maps to tourists; making museum information more accessible to the public). Potential projects include working with the following sponsors: Maria Mitchell Association, Nantucket Historical Association, and the Egan Maritime Foundation.
| Estimated Out-of-Pocket Expenses |
Amount |
NOTE: In calculating the extra expense to participate in an off-campus project experience compare this figure to expenses incurred while living on campus (groceries or meal plan, entertainment expenses, transportation, etc.) |
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Local transportation |
$ 200 |
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Groceries |
$ 600 |
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Dining out (7 x term) |
$ 350 |
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Weekend tourist activities & incidentals |
$ 250 |
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Estimated total out-of-pocket expenses |
$1,400 |
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| Expenses included on your WPI bill |
Amount |
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Housing and program expenses |
$650 |
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Estimated total expenses |
$2,050 |
Tuition and on-campus housing not included. |
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All above costs are estimates and are subject to change. |
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Travel Dates:
Arrive: Sunday, October 23, 2011
Depart: Saturday, December 17, 2011
Housing is provided beginning and ending on the dates determined. Students who plan to arrive earlier or stay later will need to make their own accomodation arrangements outside of those dates.
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