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maui - utrecht network information sheets MAUI-Utrecht Exchange INFORMATION SHEETS FOR MAUI-UTRECHT EXCHANGE PARTNERS From year to year, some schools may not be participating in the exchange. Please check the information page or contact Traci Faschingbauer at faschingbauert@umsl.edu . Some MAUI schools extend study abroad oppourtunities to students not currently enrolled in their schools. To find out more about these programs, check out their websites or contact their international offices directly. Contact information and websites for each school can be accessed by clicking the links below. UTRECHT SCHOOLS Austria, Karl Franzens Universität Graz Belgium, Universiteit Antwerpen Czech Republic, Masaryk Univerzita Denmark, Aarhus Universitet Finland, University of Helsinki France, Université des Sciences et Techologies de Lille France, Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg I) France, Université Marc Bloch (Strasbourg II) France, Unitersité Robert Schuman (Strasbourg III) Germany, Ruhr Universität Bochum Germany, Universität Leipzig Greece, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki not participating Iceland, University of Iceland Ireland, National University of Ireland, Cork Italy, Università di Bologna Lithuania, Vilnius University Malta, University of Malta The Netherlands, University of Utrecht The Netherlands, Utrecht School of the Arts Norway, University of Bergen Portugal, Universidade de Coimbra Slovenia, Univerza Ljubljana Spain, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Sweden, Lund University Switzerland, Universität Basel MAUI SCHOOLS Baylor University Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Kansas State University University of Kansas University of Missouri-Columbia University of Missouri-Kansas City University of Missouri-Rolla University of Missouri-St. Louis University of Nebraska at Kearney University of Nebraska at Lincoln University of Nebraska at Omaha University of Oklahoma Oklahoma State University Texas Tech University Maui-Utrecht Exchange Homepage Study Abroad Office Center for International Studies 261 Millennium Student Center One University Blvd St. Louis, MO 63121-4499 314-516-6497 314-516-5636 FAX

Hawaii Wedding

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Mahana Nai'a Sailing Catamaran Maui Snorkeling Trip Reservation Form Mahana Nai'a Reservations To make a reservation for a Maui snorkeling trip on the Mahana Nai'a Sailing Catamaran, please complete our secure online reservation form below and press the submit button. Reservations received through our online reservation form will receive an emailed confirmation within 48 hours. If you prefer, you may phone in your reservation using our toll free phone number, 866-871-MAUI (866-871-6284). Or, you may print out and complete the form below, then fax it to us at (808) 872-5687 . Please Note our Cancellation Policy* ! Reservation Request Form Name of Party Making Reservation: Daytime Phone Number: Best Time for Us to Call You: 8am-9am 9am-10am 10am-11am 11am-12pm 12am-1pm 1pm-2pm 2pm-3pm 3pm-4pm 4pm-5pm 5pm-6pm 6pm-7pm 7pm-8pm Your Time Zone: EST CST MST PST HST (Hawaii) Home Street Address: Home City: Home State/Province (US and Canada only) : Non US/Canadian Address Alabama (US) Alaska (US) Alberta (Canada) Arizona (US) Arkansas (US) British Columbia (Canada) California (US) Colorado (US) Connecticut (US) Delaware (US) District of Columbia (US) Florida (US) Georgia (US) Hawaii (US) Idaho (US) Illinois (US) Indiana (US) Iowa (US) Kansas (US) Kentucky (US) Louisiana (US) Maine (US) Manitoba (Canada) Maryland (US) Massachusetts (US) Michigan (US) Minnesota (US) Mississippi (US) Missouri (US) Montana (US) Nebraska (US) Nevada (US) New Brunswick (Canada) New Hampshire (US) New Jersey (US) New Mexico (US) New York (US) Newfoundland (Canada) North Carolina (US) North Dakota (US) Northwest Territories (Canada) Nova Scotia (Canada) Nunavut (Canada) Ohio (US) Oklahoma (US) Oregon (US) Ontario (Canada) Pennsylvania (US) Prince Edward Island (Canada) Quebec (Canada) Rhode Island (US) Saskatchewan (Canada) South Carolina (US) South Dakota (US) Tennessee (US) Texas (US) Utah (US) Vermont (US) Virginia (US) Washington (US) West Virginia (US) Wisconsin (US) Wyoming (US) Yukon Territory (Canada) Home Zip Code: Home Country: Email Address: Number of Adult Sailing Guests: @ $84.95 plus tax each Number of Child (age 4-12) Sailing Guests: @ $59.95 plus tax each Number of Child (3 and under) Sailing Guests: No Charge for children 3 and under Information About Your Stay on Maui: Hotel/Condo Name: Date of Maui Hotel Arrival: Month: Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Day: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Year: 2005 2006 2007 2008 Date of Maui Hotel Departure: Month: Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Day: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Year: 2005 2006 2007 2008 Credit Card Information: Billing Name (as appears on Credit Card): Credit Card Number: Credit Card Expiration Date: Type of Card: Visa Master Charge Expiration Month: Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Expiration Year: 2005 2006 2007 2008 I have read and understand the cancellation policy*: Checked box indicates your agreement *Cancellation Policy: 8 Persons or Less: 72 Hours for Full Refund. Larger Groups: Please Call 866-871-MAUI (866-871-6284) for Cancellation Policy. Press the Submit Reservation Button to Reserve Your Maui Snorkeling Adventures! Privacy Information: Any information you submit through our web site will only be used by South Shore Charters - Mahana Nai'a for the purposes of reserving your Maui snorkeling trip and answering your questions. We DO NOT sell or share your information with anyone! Close Window

Hawaiian Cruise

Hawaii Cruise 1 2-Day Hawaiian Cruise October 3-15, 2005 Aloha Everyone! Hawaii is absolutely beautiful! Our itinerary was as follows: 10/3 Honolulu - Boarded Carnival Spirit 10/4 Honolulu - Departed at 6PM 10/5 Arrive Nawiliwili, Kauai 10/6 Arrive Kahalui, Maui 10/7 Arrive Lahaina, Maui 10/8 Arrive Kona, Hawaii 10/9 Arrive Hilo, Hawaii We were at sea from 10/10 to our arrival at Ensenda, Mexico on 10/15. We then boarded busses to San Diego or Los Angeles for our trip home. One of things to do when visiting Hawaii is to tour the islands. The scenery is breathtaking. The mountains, the craters, the flowers, the clouds. Words cannot describe Hawaii. One must see it for themselves. Seeing pictures of the Arizona Memorial is one thing, but to see it in person is a very moving experience. After the Arizona, we toured the submarine USS Bowfin and then on to our sister ship USS Missouri. Some of us toured the engine room of the Missouri. Our thanks to Dick Hamann and his friend Stan Nicholls for arranging these tours for us. For this cruise we all wore yellow t-shirts, compliments of the Cruise Connection. Of course, we took a group photo , compliments of our Wisconsin Association. Our cocktail party was hosted by Carnival Cruise Lines. Thanks to Claire and Dick Hamann for another great cruise! Looking forward to our next one in 2007. 1 Approaching Oahu 2 3 4 You can see Pearl Harbor from this vantage point. 5 Some of us climbed to the summit of 763' of Diamond Head Crater. 6 It started out with the sun and ended with heavy rain 7 8 9 This was taken just below the summit of Diamond Head 10 The famous Diamond Head as seen from Waikiki Beach 11 Underwater photos taken from Atlantis submarine 12 13 14 15 16 17 On our way to the Polynesian Cultural Center 18 Great Show!! 19 Sorry for the out of focus pictures. We could not use flash. 20 21 22 23 Views from our hotel room 24 25 26 Oktoberfest at the hotel 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 First Day aboard the spirit 34 35 Carol & Marty Sippel 36 Brenda & Cal Miller 37 Our first dinner with our yellow shirts 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 On line for our tour of the Arizona 50 51 52 Pearl Harbor survivor 53 Photo by Mike Rigdon 54 USS Missouri BB-63 55 56 Arizona Memorial Wall 57 USS Bowfin SS-287 58 59 60 61 62 63 John Protivnak and Dom Menta taking a break 64 Part of our group that toured the Arizona Memorial 65 66 Aboard the BB-63 67 68 69 70 World War II Memorial Plaque 71 Frank Perry & Frank Romantowski reliving the past 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 A walk down Maui streets 82 83 Leaving Maui 84 Carnival Spirit 85 Rainbow Falls in Hilo 86 Orchid Nurseries 87 88 89 Next 3 photos Kilauea Caldera, crater in Hilo 90 91 92 Walking on Lava 93 94 Kilauea Iki Crater 95 Kilauea Iki Crater 96 97 Peg & Bob Simpson 98 Claire & Dick Hamann 99 Carol & Marty Sippel 100 Dom & Lil Menta 101 Bill & Ellen Humienny. Bill is our adopted BB-61 crewmember 102 Leona & Gerry Myers 103 Millie & Roger Gaumont 104 Anne & Russ Texter 105 Nancy & Gordon Zaagmar 106 107 108 2 supervisors in the upper left making sure the ladies do their work correctly. 109 Captain Roberto Volpe with Cal & Brenda Miller 110 Our cocktail Party 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 On the right is Leroy and Mary Wilson 118 Clem, Susan McClure, Mike Rigdon, Cal and Brenda Miller 119 Mike and Mimi Visconti, Don and Joan Smith 120 121 Photo by Bill Humienny(BB-61) L to R: Bernie Johnson, Eugene Gingrich, Andy Murphy and Helen Gingrich 122 The greatest captain we ever had on any of our cruises. Captain Roberto Volpe 123 Dick presenting our Tee-shirt to the Captain. 124 Guess What? He wore it for the whole cocktail hour. 125 126 Dempsey (Clem) Clemons & Cal Miller our oldest and youngest crewmembers on this cruise. 127 Our Association 2nd VP Ed Gavin introducing himself 128 Four of our 1940's crewmembers Bernie Johnson Michael Visconti Don Smith Leroy Wilson 129 Lil and the Captain 130 Dick, Captain & Claire 131 Ed, Captain & Bob Pennell 132 Dom, Captain & Dick 133 Kristine, Don & Captain 134 Marty leading us in song 135 Brenda & Cal celebrating 2nd anniversary 136 137 The group singing Anchors Aweigh at the Karaoke Party. I think we all got thrown out after this one. 138 Photo by Bill Humienny(BB-61) Karaoke Party. We heard that Mike Visconti brought the house down with his singing 139 140 141 Photo by Bob Simpson of Aaron Bowen being transferred to the Haddock. 142 143 Group photo The following forty pictures were sent in by five other cruisers. Thanks for sharing your photos with us. To those that supplied captions, THANKS, you made it easier for me. 144 Following 6 photos were submitted by, Bill Humienny. Cocktail Party, next 3 145 146 147 Dick & Claire, dressed up for the Captains cocktail party. 148 Marty, Carol, Dom and Lil 149 W aiters entertainment during the evening meal. 150 Following 6 photos were submitted by, Bob Simpson. Peg Simpson, Carol & Marty Sippel. 151 Nice painting of the USS Arizona BB-39, at the Arizona Memorial. 152 Taking a rest before our visit to the USS Missouri 153 Diamond Head in the background. 154 Standing in front of Kilauea Caldera Crater. 155 Carol, Marty and Peg (by the van), heading to see another crater. 156 Following 7 photos were submitted by, Ruth Protivnak. Hawaii National flower, yellow hibiscus. 157 Lava Rock. 158 Rabbit Island. 159 Pali Outlook 160 Ruth & John Protivnak and the USS Missouri BB-63 161 Lions head Rock. 162 Waikiki Beach. 163 Following 8 photos were submitted by, Joan Romatowski Frank Romatowski and Lovely Hawaiian Wahine. 164 Waimea Canyon on Kauai. 165 Frank and Joan 166 Rainbow over Maui. 167 Frank & Frank Perry, "M" Division buddies. 168 Joan & Frank celebrating their 48th anniversary. 169 "M" Division at our cocktail party. Joe & Judy Determan, Gretchen & Fred Thibeault, Frank & Janice Perry and Frank Romatowski. 170 "M" Division with Captain, Roberto Volpe. Frank Perry, Frank Romatowski, Fred Thibeault and Joe Determan. 171 Following13 photos were submitted by, Mike Rigdon. Hawaiian Coastline 172 National Cemetery of the Pacific 173 View down the steps of Cemetery 174 Walls of Honor with names of 20,000 MIAs from WW II 175 Downtown Honolulu from Punchbowl 176 USS Missouri BB-63 WW II Memorial Plaque. 177 Arizona Memorial from motor launch 178 Roger Gaumont, Dick & Claire Hamann. 179 Memorial to Subs Lost in WW II 180 First site of Kauai from Spirit 181 Waimea Canyon on Kauai 182 John, Ruth, Susan, and Mike at Waimea Canyon 183 Susan McClure, Ruth & John at Halemaumau Crater Top of Page Please fill out our Site Survey! Send E-mail to Dom Menta with questions or comments about this web-site. The information contained in this web-site is 1998/200 5 to the USS Wisconsin Association. If you desire to use graphics or other info from this web-site - please E-mail Dom Menta This page was last updated on 11/26/05 .