You can bring a student group to Washington, D.C., over spring break for a customized program through the Washington Connection opportunity. TWC will help you create and design an invaluable, once-in-a-lifetime experience that your students and you will always remember, leveraging 35 years worth of Washington-based experience and connections on your behalf. Build a program to suit your course material, degree program or special events. Get an insider’s look at:

Academic Seminars help participants explore and form informed opinions on the major topics of the day. Here are the details you need to get started in reaching further in your education and deeper in your understanding.

Program Tuition

Registration for most seminars begins four months before the start of the program. The early deadline for guaranteed space is generally two-and-a-half months before the start of seminar; the final deadline is usually one month before its start date.

Washington Connection is a customized program for faculty that desire to bring a group of students to Washington, D.C., during spring break.  The Washington Center can design and develop a program based on the precise focus of the educational experience a professor wants to offer his or her students. With 35 years experience working in Washington, D.C., TWC provides the support and expertise need to make all the logistical and programmatic arrangements.

The cost of attending an academic seminar varies depending in which seminar you are enrolled. Tuition includes all programming and housing*, but not food, transportation or other expenses. Students are not required to stay in The Washington Center’s housing, but there is no refund for students who choose alternative housing arrangements.

Please check individual seminars’ webpage for a particular seminar’s tuition.

Witness History in the Making

Hundreds of students from 117 colleges and universities just recently had the opportunity to experience the National Political Conventions in Tampa and Charlotte. Now, students and faculty will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to be a part of the U.S. Presidential Inauguration and witness history in the making and the political process in action – an experience that will open doors to students as they pursue their future careers.

“My Washington, D.C. experience has given me the initiative to become more involved not only politically in my community but in other aspects as well.”
Tracy Tomlinson, University of San Diego

“Gandhi once said: ‘Be the change you want to see in the world.’ I think this seminar helped exemplify this statement, giving each and every one of us the necessary tools to be that change.”
Joseph Vithayathil, Honors College at Miami Dade College

The basic cost for Washington Connection is $150 per student per day of programming, with a minimum of four hours of programming included per day. Housing or transportation to and from D.C. is not provided. The Washington Center provides access to hotel group rates as well as the services of programming staff. There is a minimum requirement of five students and one faculty member for each group.

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