Despite excitement over tonight’s kitsch party, the Founders still managed to fulfill their civic duty as members of parliament for the country of Great Petronia. The students started by quickly passing the Information Technology bill authored by the Progressive Petronian Party (PPP), which established programs for technological cooperation with Russia. The next three […]
Kelsi, the founders’ personal camerawoman/one-woman film crew has been working late into the night editing and uploading videos of the Founders and their great adventures in the U.S.
Join the fun at the amusement park, see what a press conference looks like in Great Petronia, get psyched with the fellows for capture the flag, join the […]
The Founders have shared an incredible number of their pictures with everyone over the last few days. I’ve posted images taken by Angela, Damjan, Patricia, Anna, Vildana, Monika and Nasser, so be sure to look at the study trip albums as well as those from earlier in the initiative. I love looking at everyone’s pictures […]
Today the students started on their final project of the program: the formation of a mock government of the great nation of Petrounia. The Founders broke up into six groups, five of which represented political parties represented in the parliament. The final group represented the press corps. Each political party is focused […]
Here is your chance to show that occasionally you have your eyes and ears open, and know your neighbor!Who is this Founder?
Listens to Hard Rock
Likes playing video games
Knows many languages among them english, german and russian
There is an image of a skull on his wallet
Write your guess in a comment and be the first to […]
Today the Founders took a day trip to the “city of brotherly love,” where they had the opportunity to visit historical sites integral to the formation of the United States. The trip was guided by Tim Hair, who offered his expertise on the history of the formation of the US. The day started […]
The Founders’ have once again packed their bags to travel to the next - and final - location of the study trip: King’s Dominion amusement park in Richmond, VA. You can find links to photographs of Friday’s trip to the amazing Newseum in D.C., as well as the Constitution Center and Liberty Hall in Philadelphia, […]
Enjoying the last day in Washington at the Newseum, a museum telling the story of the press, has been an action- and information-packed experience. Journalism has been called the first draft of history, and at the Newseum stories of humanity told the history of news.
What has death, life, war, peace, love and hate in common? […]
On Wednesday, the Founders visited The Washington Center (TWC) to listen to presentations by Mr. Luke Frans, a Special Assistant to the President and the Deputy Director of Political Affairs, and Mr. Wally Dean, a director for the Committee of Concerned Journalists. The lectures were followed by a tour of National Public Radio (NPR) […]
“My hero is standing here with me today, but he is invisible”. At the State Department Lea Perez of the Office of Citizen Exchanges, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs told us about her hero: Benjamin Franklin. She also gave all of the Founders the chance to share their heroes with each other. This […]
