Hart Travel Partners (HTP) provides fully customized, faculty-led short-term travel programs. We partner with educational institutions to turn course curricula into academic-centered global itineraries designed to instruct and inspire. We believe that travel can be as meaningful an investment in the future as education.
My good friend Father Tom Schaefer passed away a few days ago. He was Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs at La Roche University in Pittsburgh. He also was parish priest at both St. John the Baptist and St. John Chrysostom in Pittsburgh.
A true champion of study abroad, Tom loved everything international, but he held a special place in his heart for France and Africa. I had the privilege of spending time with him in Paris, and his cultural knowledge of France and his fluency in French astounded me. On one occasion, we were leading a group of educators around Sorbonne University with the local custodian who spoke no English. Tom simultaneously translated what he said perfectly with no prior preparation. It was beautiful.
"Hart was willing to customize our itinerary for design students, arranging two great studio visits and providing us with a fantastic tour director who managed all the trip logistics brilliantly." - Elizabeth S