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Flash! Black College Tours: 2005
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL BROWN/PARRISH
BLACK COLLEGE BUS TOUR
Based in New York City
Date: March 21, 2005 thru April 1, 2005
(Two sections)This tour is an annual event. There are two tour sections, A & B. Both sections visit Howard, Hampton, Spelman, Norfolk State, North Carolina Central, Clark Atlanta, North Carolina A&T, Virginia State, Virginia Union, Morehouse, Bennett, Morgan State, Morris, and Coppin State. Depending on your choice of section you might also visit several of the following schools: Voorhees, Allen, Shaw, Johnson C. Smith, Claflin, Livington, or South Carolina State.
The cost is $645.00. For more info call (718)-670-3361 ext. 2. You should visit the website at: http://www.blackcollegebustour.com for details/application.
The tour is given by the Queens Community Cadet Corps, Inc. P.O. Box 340806, Jamaica, New York 11434.
18th Annual Educational Student Tours (ETS)
Based in Los Angeles, California
Departure Dates: Tour A: March 20, 2005
Tour B: June 26, 2005ETS is a tour group that's been featured on TV (ABC), and has been around for a long time. Tour A visits Spelman, Morehouse, Clark Atlanta, John C. Smith, North Carolina A&T, Hampton, Howard, Norfolk State, and Livingston college. Tour B visits Spelman, Morehouse, Clark Atlanta, Florida A&M, Xavier, Dilliard, Paine, and Savannah State.
The cost is $1,289 and includes airfare from LA and back, hotels, buses, meals, and more. There'll be chaperones and supervision. You must make calls for plans and other info. Phone: (818) 891-8087. Email: gkdela2aol.com. Website: http://www.blackcollegetours.org/Tour_info.html
2005 HBCU College Tour
(Students on the Move, Spring Break Tour)
Based: Columbus, OH
Dates: March 28, 2005-April 1, 2005This group will be traveling for 5 days and 4 nights. The college visited will include Clark Atlanta, Hampton, Howard, Morehouse, Norfolk State, Spelman, and Virginia State. The cost is $400 per person (quad occupancy) with payment plans available. The price includes roundtrip luxury charter bus, hotel rooms, and a T-shirt. For info contact Afrika Alsup at (614) 751-9996 or
studentsonthemove@msn.com
Black College Tour: Urban Leadership Institute
Based: Baltimore, MD
Sections A and B
Dates: (A) March 19 to March 30, 2005
(B) March 28 to April 1These two tours are sponsored by the Urban Leadership Institute.
There will be orientations, family meetings, and more. Deluxe bus, quality hotels, guided campus tours, 3 meals daily, and other extras.Tour A will include visits to: Bowie State, Howard, Hampton, Norfolk State, Virginia State, and Virginia Union. Tour B will include visits to: North Carolina, A&T, Bennett, Shaw, Morehouse, North Carolina Central, Spelman, Clark Atlanta, and St. Augustine's.
Cost: $350 before January 28, 2005, $375 after. Call Regina Salliey, Tour Coordinator, at 410.467.1605 or via email at rsalliey@urbanleadershipinstitute.com for payment and discount options. Checks payable to Urban Leadership Institute, 2437 Maryland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21218
The 12th Annual Spring Black College Tour
Based in San Jose, CA
March 30 - April 4, 2005This 5-day tour departs from San Jose International Airport to Atlanta at a cost of $930. $300.00 deposit. Balance due by Feb. 15.
Schools visited include Clark Atlanta, Spelman, Morehouse, Oakwood, Alabama A&M and the Civil Rights Institute. Campus tours and orientation. Round trip airfare to Atlanta with 4 nights in hotels in Georgia & Alabama with Charter Bus service.
Make checks or money orders payable to: DELLA TOURS/10123 Bon Vista CT, San Jose, CA 95127. For info call Carl Ray @ 408-259-6516 or 408-259-9470. Email:
aray10123@aol.com. Or go to http://www.carlraye.com/bctour.shtml
Annual "Unity Through Knowledge"
Black College Tour
Based in Las Vegas, Nevada
March 21 to March 26, 2005The Annual Black College Tour will visit HBCUs: North Carolina A&T Bennett, Johnson S. Smith, Fayetteville State, Shaw, Winston-Salem State, and St. Augustine's. There will also be stops at Duke and the University of North Carolina. The cost for the 6 day/5 night tour is $750. The fee includes round trip airfare, deluxe coach travel, hotel stays, guided campus tours, and college prep seminars. You'll need a $100, non-refundable deposit to reserve a seat. Please contact Rev. Kelcey West, Founder and Tour Director at (702) 656-9133.
ALPHA PHI ALPHA HBCU COLLEGE TOUR
Based in Kansas City, Missouri
March 13– 20, 2005This tour is sponsored by the Beta Lambda Charter of ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. The Tour will include visits to Florida A&M, Dillard, Southern U, Xavier, Talladega College, Lincoln (MO), Grambling State U, Jarvis Christian, Texas College, Acorn State.
The cost is $420, which includes rooms, luxury buses, and a Montgomery Civil Rights Tour. For more info Contact: Mr. Jim Buford, Tour Coordinator at 816-795-7813 (day/night). Make checks payable to: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Send to: Jim Buford at 2809 Castle Drive South, Independence, MO 64057. $25.00 will reserve your seat. Final Payment Due: Feb. 12, 2005. No Refunds after Feb. 13. Extra info: http://www.betalambda.org/collegetour/
ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY HBCU TOUR
Xi Kappa Lambda Education Foundation
Based in Houston, Texas
Dates: March 4-12, 2005This tour will visit Southern University, Dillard. Bethune Cookman, U of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Philander Smith,
Alabama State. Rust College, and Jackson State. There will also be stops in Daytona Beach and Memphis. The cost is $550 per person for luxury coach travel, hotel stays, and two meals per day
including snacks. There will be at least 8 chaperones/counselors. Call Daryl Walton at 713-773-0125 or 713-416-2721. email dwalton@xikappalambda.org
URBAN LEAGUE OF LAKE COUNTY
2005 COLLEGE TOUR
Based in Illinois
Dates: March 26 - April 1, 2005The College Tour includes visits to: Clark Atlanta, Spelman, Alabama A&M, Morris Brown, Morehouse, Alabama State, and Tennessee State. there will also be tours of Rosa Parks Museum Martin Luther King Center, and the Civil Rights Freedom Wall. Contact: Lake County Urban League, 122 Madison St., Waukegan, IL Phone: (847) 249- 3770
William E. Edwards 16th Annual College Tour, Inc.
Based in Stamford, CT
Dates: Arpil 17-22nd, 2005WEE-ACT will sponsor its 17th tour in 2005. In the past the stops were to Tuskegee, Winston-Salem State, Clark Atlanta, Spelman, Morehouse, Benedict, South Carolina State, Claflin, Shaw, and St.Augustine's, and Students visited historical landmarks like the Martin Luther King Non-Violence Center.
CONTACT ANGELA EDWARDS @ 203-326-0029 OR VIA E-MAIL WEE-ACT.ORG for new information.
2005 Historically Black Colleges Tour
Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church
Based in Colorado
Dates: October 15-23, 2005This tour will visit Howard, Bowie State, Morgan State, Coppin State, Hampton, Norfolk State, Virginia State, U. of Virginia and Virginia Union. The trip is open to 9th- through 12th-grade high school students. Please contact Kervin Mack for applications and extra info: Kervin Mack c/o Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church, One South Walnut Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80905. Office Phone: (719) 635-4865. Email: School@emmanuel.org
Black College Tour
Stone Mountain-Lithonia Alumnae Chapter
of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Georgia-based
Dates: April 4-8, 2005Schools to be visited include Hampton, Shaw, Fisk, Norfolk State, Johnson C. Smith, North Carolina A&T, Winston-Salem State, and
Tennessee State. Total cost: $525. Contact Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. at P.O. Box 1184, Stone Mountain, GA 30086-1184. Voicemail: 770-465-7166. Email Info@smlacdst.org.
Higginbottom-Jones Col/Univ Tour
Based in Boston, MA
Dates: April 16-23, 2005This is a college tour to HBCUs. Total cost: $600. Includes Coach Bus, Hotel Accommodations, T-Shirt, Six Flags and most meals. For info contact Diane Blackwell or Margaret Higginbottom @ 617-825-9852 or via e-mail: diane.jones1@rcn.com
Spring Break College Tour
Based in Killen, Texas
Dates: April 5-7, 2005
This tour visits the historical black colleges of Spelman, Clark Atlanta, Morehouse, Miles, Norfolk State, and Hampton. The tour is for 3 days/2 nights at $300.00. The fee includes transportation on a deluxe coach travel, hotels, guided campus tours, meals, tour memorabilia, and evening tours of historical and cultural attractions. For more info, please contact Scarlet Griffin Tour Coordinator at (254) 669-8137 or via email at twophish67@Aol.com.
32nd Street Theater's Black College Summer Tour
Based in Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates: July 18-23, 2005This is the 32nd Street Theater's first summer HBCU tour. Visits will be to Dillard, Grambling State, Southern, Xavier, Alcorn State, Jackson State in Louisiana and Mississippi. The cost for the 6 day/5 night tour is $700. This includes coach travel, hotels, guided campus tours, college preparatory seminars, tours of historical attractions and a visit to Six Flags Amusement Park in New Orleans. A $100, non-refundable deposit is necessary. Registration will be from Feb. 1 to the 28th. For more info, contact Rev. Kelcey West, Tour Director at (702) 656-9133 or visit www.32ndst.us.
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