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South Korea
2024–25 ENROLLMENT INFORMATION

Deerfield Travel Programs

Congratulations on being selected to travel on the South Korea: Leadership in a Korean Context travel program! By joining this program, you will study Korea’s remarkable economic journey in the post-war period, while strengthening your skills and deepening your understanding of leadership in action in the world. You will return to Deerfield with the skills and dispositions to serve as a leader in the community.

 

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General Program Information:

  • Program Dates: May 26th – June 6th, 2025
  • Trip Leaders: Nina Otterson & Elizabeth Dollhopf
  • Updated Itinerary (COMING SOON), preliminary itineraries can be found on the Trip Page HERE
  • Program Notes:
    • Program Meeting Point: On May 26th, 2025, Students and Program leaders will meet at the Deerfield Academy campus and will travel to John F Kennedy International Airport in New York where they will fly to Seoul, arriving on May 27th, 2025.
    • Cell Phone Policy: As part of Deerfield’s commitment to face-to-face interactions, during certain times of the trip students will be “unplugged” and will be asked to limit access to cell phones.
    • Other Important Information about the program: During this trip students will stay in a hotel. Meals will be shared at a variety of restaurants. The meal at the temple will be vegetarian.

Documents& Forms:

 
Below we are providing a complete list of all of the forms you have previously receive through DocuSign for your reference and INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY.  
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Health & Safety:

  • Please review the following Health and Safety information

1. CDC and State Department briefings on travel to destinations.

2. Travel Medicine Advisory Letter from Dr. Benson

3. Vaccination Information: 

  • Regarding Japanese Encephalitis in South Korea, the CDC states the JE virus is found in areas included on this trip’s itinerary and peak season for JE is June through October.
    • Vaccination information: Japanese Encephalitis (JE) – highly recommended 
    • Consider receiving the Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine. 
    • JE is a potentially fatal viral illness spread by mosquitoes found in South Korea.
    • Most travel medicine practitioners do not recommend this vaccine for trips that are less than a month’s duration and do not involve substantial time outdoors in rural or agricultural areas.  However, the decision about the JE vaccine is a personal one.
    • You will receive a “TO VACCINATE OR NOT TO VACCINATE” worksheet about Japanese Encephalitis post enrollment.

  • Vaccination coverage and cost:

    • We recommend that you contact your health insurance provider to inquire about vaccine coverage and costs. Japanese Encephalitis: approximately $600 (less if reimbursed by insurance) for the two dose vaccine series.

4. Insurance Information:

  • Deerfield Academy provides students with International SOS Travel Insurance during the program.
    • CLICK HERE for general information about Internation SOS Travel Insurance, the service they offer and HERE for information on how to get in touch with them pre-travel.
    • Deerfield Academy also encourages Students and Parents to consider purchasing additional “cancel for any reason” insurance as available.

Visa Information:

Students and parents are directly responsible for the student’s immigration status and/or visa application process to comply with local laws for participation in this program. Deerfield Academy and the CSGC office are here to assist and can provide specific supplemental documentation as required for the application. 

According to the US Department of State, as of November 14th, 2024, visas are not required for US citizens to enter South Korea for a stay of less than 90 days. Students who are not traveling with U.S. passport please research entry requirements based on your country of citizenship and for obtaining a visa, if necessary

 

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Pre and Post Trip Plans and Travel:

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Payment Information:

The remaining balance of the program fee will be billed to your student account on December 11, 2024, and due in full by January 1, 2025.   

Please contact the Finance Office at finance@deerfield.edu with any questions or the Center for Service and Global Citizenship via email csgc@deerfield.edu or phone: 413-774-1435.

This page contains enrollment information for students who have been selected for one of our 2025 trips. If you are interested in other Global Studies programs or future travel opportunities, please contact The Center for Service and Global Citizenship.

 

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