Campus News

May Term Students Safe in China

Professor Chris Tong has reported today that all 31 students and 2 faculty members on Westminster’s May Term trip in China are safe and unharmed.

The trip will continue as planned with the group spending the rest of the week in Beijing. Everyone is scheduled to arrive back in Salt Lake City on Saturday.

Beijing is approximately 950 miles away from the earthquake’s epicenter in Sichuan province.

For more information, contact the Student Life Office at (801) 832-2230 or 2238.

Itinerary:

May 13
Arrive to Wuhan, Hubei Province
Morning Flight to Beijing
Check into hotel
Free time
Redwall Hotel Beijing
No.31 Sha Tan North Street, Beijing
phone : (86) 10 5109 8888

May 14
Breakfast at the hotel
Morning: Business Visit (TBA)
Lunch
Afternoon: Sightseeing – Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City
Night: Free Time

May 15
Breakfast at the hotel
Day tour to Nankai University. Student exchange. Party.

May 16
Breakfast at the hotel
Sightseeing – Great Wall of China
Lunch
Late Afternoon: Acrobatics Show
Night: Free Time

May 17
Flight from Beijing to Los Angeles via Seoul
Beijing Seoul: OZ 0334, Depart: 11:55am, Arrive: 3:00pm
Seoul Los Angeles: OZ 0202, Depart: 4:30pm, Arrive: 11:30am (Same Day)
Long layover in L.A. (a trip to the beach, maybe?)
Connecting flight back to Salt Lake City
Los Angeles SLC: DL 4124, Depart: 4:35pm, Arrive: 7:23pm.