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Experiential Learning Seminars with an
immersion during winter break in January 2013.
Please note:
Winter seminars have two different application deadlines.
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Winter seminar locations |
The Urban Plunge is a one-credit experiential learning course designed to expose students to the sights and sounds of poverty in most major cities in the United States in close proximity to their home town.
During the 2–3 day immersion each student will have the opportunity to meet people affected by poverty as well as those working to eradicate it. The plunge is scheduled for two-to-three consecutive days in early January.
This seminar will expose students to diverse perspectives about México-U.S. border and immigration issues. During the winter break students will travel to the Southern Arizona borderlands and will attend legal proceedings focused on immigration, participate in humanitarian service efforts for migrants, hear religious leaders discuss their current and past border ministry work, and travel through the desert and ports of entry assuming that security is not an issue.
PLEASE NOTE:
Due to the current travel restrictions for Honduras, we will not be accepting applications for the Global Health Seminar at this time.
The Center for Social Concerns, in collaboration with the Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos Holy Family Surgery Center and St. Mary’s College will offer a weeklong seminar near Tegucigalpa, Honduras. During the weeklong course, students will gain exposure and insight into the medical care delivery and health conditions in rural Honduras. Students will observe orthopedic surgery.
PLEASE NOTE:
Organizing, Power and Hope Seminar will not be available in winter 2014.
This six-day winter seminar is an opportunity to experience the gospel in action on the streets of Chicago and learn from local church, school, not-for-profit leaders, and unions about community organizing initiatives to improve life in Chicago neighborhoods.
Over 16,000 people, including more than 2,000 children, live without adequate food and shelter in the state of Oregon. Although the city of Portland, Oregon manages to provide shelter for almost half of this population, the number of individuals affected by poverty and homelessness continues to rise. This seminar examines the many myths associated with homelessness and explores the larger cycle of urban poverty from diverse interdisciplinary perspectives.
