An informational meeting for the Middle East travel seminar to Israel and the West Bank will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30, in 417 Lindquist Hall. The January 2014 pre-session seminar will include visits to Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jericho, Nazareth, Galilee, Haifa and the Dead Sea. The trip will include sites such as the wailing wall, Yad Vasehm (Holocaust Museum), and a visit to a refugee camp with an NGO briefing, among others. The cost is $3,575, including a $1,500 deposit by Oct. 1. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/MiddleEastTour or contact professor Carolyn Shaw at carolyn.shaw@wichita.edu.