Virginia Academic Spring Trip 2019
March 17- 31

Join a group of students from the University of Magdeburg-Stendal as they travel to Virginia and Washington DC participating in this year’s Academic Spring Trip. (#VAST19)

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A Trip to America

For the fourth time students of the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal get the opportunity to have look around at an American University. Once again students of the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal have participated in the Virginia-Academy-Spring-Trip and were able to gain insights into America’s economy, research, history and   ... Read More

by VAST 19 • Mai 3, 2019
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Day 14 – Heading homewards

Saturday knocks on the door quite early for some of our peers, telling us to leave for the old world once again. Departure means the group is being split apart after two weeks of intense – day and night – closeness for flight booking has been managed beforehand by the   ... Read More

by Alexander Braun • März 30, 2019
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Day 13 – Farewell ODU

It’s Friday and time to say goodbye to Norfolk, the Old Dominion Campus and our new friends. After our obligatory breakfast with scrambled eggs and filter coffee, the cars were driven up, bags and participants evenly distributed among the vehicles and we finally said goodbye to our host of the   ... Read More

by Cedric Weiler • März 29, 2019
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Day 12 – ODU Campus Day

On Thursday some of us started the day early at 08:00 AM with taking classes like “Visual Communication” and “Principles of Insurance and Risk Management”. Others took classes like “Web Design” or “Wall Street 101” which started at 11:00 AM or classes which started in the afternoon like “American Naval   ... Read More

by Steve Behnke • März 28, 2019
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Day 11 – ODU Campus Activity and Deck Party

Good morning, Norfolk! Wednesday started again with an early breakfast, because there were more lectures to take at Old Dominion University. It was quite cold, so we quickly went to our first lecture at 9 o’clock, which was about „Terrorism“. Mr. Gary M. Gomez gave us for about an hour   ... Read More

by Yasmin Behnke • März 27, 2019
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Day 10 – NASA and US History Day

The 10th day of our trip was supposed to be the most exciting one so far. For some of us a dream – to feel like an astronaut for one day- came true. We were going to visit the NASA Langley Visitor Centre in Hampton, a place where a lot   ... Read More

by Roxana Gießler • März 26, 2019
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Day 9 – ODU Campus Day

Good morning from the Springhill Suites Hotel, today is one of the warmest days so far with an average high of 22 degrees Celsius. It is our second campus activity day, therefore most of the students will be participating in different classes. We have received permission to attend a total   ... Read More

by Matthew Hühnlein • März 25, 2019
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Day 8 – Weekend Activity

After a long week of exciting experiences and new knowledge, we had a day off to relax and gain new energy for the upcoming week. Many of us used that time to explore the area around Norfolk’s Downtown and its waterside. Every now and then, I saw a sculpture of   ... Read More

by Franka Hebecker • März 24, 2019
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Day 7 – Weekend Activity

It’s Saturday, but that doesn’t mean that the activities stop! Today we are heading to the Outer Banks in North Carolina. The Trip starts at 9:15 AM and we have a 3 hours journey ahead of us. Our first stop is going to be Wright Brothers National Memorial where the   ... Read More

by Alexander Meyer • März 23, 2019
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Day 6 – Jefferson Lab

Ocean View Beach Park It’s Friday and the first week is coming to an end. But today we have a very special program coming up with Newport News. After a hearty breakfast and packed backpacks, we were off to Ocean View. In sunny but windy weather, we made our first   ... Read More

by Manuel Meyer • März 22, 2019
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Day 5 – ODU Campus Day

On the morning of 21.03, our third day in Norfolk, we visited the German course of Mrs. Steitz. She is from Germany and has been teaching German and German history at the Old Dominion for 5 years. In two groups each, we attended the German courses in two consecutive meetings.   ... Read More

by Leon Schuller • März 21, 2019
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Day 4 – Norfolk ODU

  After a long drive from Washington DC and a therefore late arrival in Norfolk the day before, on the fourth day of our field trip, we got our first glimpse of the Old Dominion University (ODU) in daylight. With a presentation held by Marty Kaszubowski of the Institute for   ... Read More

by Martin Specht • März 20, 2019
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Day 3 – Washington 

Good morning from Washington DC once again. After our second breakfast in the US we were picked up by our drivers to switch to our second venue on this adventurous trip. A hotel nearby the campus of the Old Dominion in Virginia was going to be the next destination. But   ... Read More

by Christin Lazik • März 19, 2019
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Day 2 – Washington 

The sun just got up. Most of us didn´t have any problems getting up in Washington, because it was already lunchtime back home. Therefore, we had an early breakfast and could start our Sightseeing tour through Washington on time. Our first stop was the Metro station Pentagon City. We bought   ... Read More

by Alexander Forchert • März 18, 2019
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Day 1 – Arrival 

We started this year’s „Virginia Academic Study Trip“ (#vast19) on 03/19/2019. The bags are packed and the journey can begin. Our travel group consists of undergraduate and graduate students from different study programs. Everyone booked their flights themselves. For some of us it ́s going to be the first trip   ... Read More

by Tim Bergmann-Noeres • März 17, 2019