International Spring Tour

The Annual International Spring Tour is an international travel experience, offering Morehouse College students exposure to foreign countries, cultures, and leadership styles in international business and political decisions, as well as education.

2025 International Spring Tour Details:

Morehouse College is pleased to announce its 2025 Annual International Spring Tour. A select group of the College’s best students accompanied by faculty and staff members will travel to Tokyo, Kyoto & Hiroshima – Japan..

The support of our Corporate Partners and friends continues to allow us great success in the development of Global Leaders.

Who is Eligible to Apply?

You’re eligible to apply if:

• Any Morehouse full-time, traditional student in his junior or senior year of study, meeting satisfactory academic progress toward graduation.
• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Must be in good academic, financial, and disciplinary standing and making a contribution to your department and/or college.
• Have a current passport valid up to 6 months beyond the travel return date (September 2025)

How to Apply

In addition to the general application materials, this program requires some supplemental materials as well.

1. Faculty Nomination: You must be nominated by two (2) faculty members in one of the four academic Divisions which are as follows:

• Humanities, Social Sciences, Media and Arts (HSSMA)
• Business Administration and Economics (BE).
• Professional and Continuing Studies (PCS).
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

YOU must ensure faculty members submit nominations on your behalf. Nomination requests are executed during your Spring Tour 2025 online application process.

2. Statement of Interest: A statement on why you would like to participate in the tour and what you expect to gain from this experience (no more than two typed pages, Times New Roman, double-spaced, 12pt font).

3. Resume: Please use the following to support you in your resume creation.

4. Recent Professional Photo/Headshot

5. Documented Research Paper: No less than 12 typed pages (Times New Roman, double-spaced, 12pt font) and not more than 15 typed pages on the topic stated below. (Plagiarism results in immediate disqualification):

Research Question:

Analyze the cultural, political, economic and infrastructure development in Japan before and after WWll with particular focus on the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a benchmark. In addition, reflect on and document your understanding of Japan’s reasoning for attacking the United States at Pearl Harbor and consider the confinement of Japanese American citizens in U.S. internment camps during that period.  What, if any similarities exist between that period and the current debates about immigration in the U.S. and global conflicts abroad?