Partnership
for Service-Learning
815 Second Avenue, Suite 315
New York, NY 10017 USA Phone: 1-212-986-0989 Where: Kingston When: Semester, Year, Summer Service-Learning in Jamaica: Connect academic study to community
service at an agency that matches your skills and interests. By combining
formal study with service to the local community, students find their
learning takes on greater depth and meaning. Curriculum Highlights: "Institutions in Jamaican Society"
draws from anthropology, sociology, history, organization development, etc.,
and incorporates the learning done in the service agency. Other courses
include Caribbean literature and history. Setting Description: Service-learning students live in host families
and study at the University of Technology in Kingston, a higly-respected
institution that hosts students from throughout the Caribbean. Program Value: Students learn about the society from an insider's
point of view and through the service are able to connect to the community
at a much deeper level than a traditional exchange student or tourist.
State
University of New York at Brockport (SUNY)
Office of International Education, 350 New Campus Drive
Brockport, NY 14420-2914 USA Where: Kingston When: Fall, Spring Jamaica Performing Arts Program: All aspects of theory and technique;
emphasis on Caribbean Studies. This program provides for direct enrollment
in host university courses.
School
for International Training
Kipling Road, PO Box 676
Brattleboro, VT 05302-0676 USA Phone: 1-888-272-7881 Where: Kingston When: Fall/Spring Culture and Development: In Kingston, Jamaica's thriving capital and
cultural center, you examine the intense interaction of gender, race, and
class in Jamaican society, including the country's gender-based division of
labor, the marginalization of the Jamaican male, Jamaican feminist
movements, and problems of social cohesion related to gender. Curriculum Highlights: Intensive Language Study: Swahili; Culture and
Development Seminar: History and Politics, Geography and Economics, Cultural
Anthropology, Arts and Humanities, Rural Visit, and Educational Excursion;
Field Study Seminar; and Independent Study Project. (16 credits in total)
2-3 weeks homestay, generally in Nairobi, and 1 week in a rural setting. The
program generally includes a field trip to nearby Tanzania or Uganda. Program Value: Fees include international airfare, health insurance,
tuition, full room and board, excursions, and other direct program expenses.
Participants pay for domestic travel to the point of departure from the USA.
Fairleigh
Dickinson University
285 Madison Avenue
Madison, NJ 07940 USA Phone: 1-973-443-8480 When: Academic Year, Semester Gender and Development : Take advantage of this new and exciting
program! Design your own research project while enhancing your travel
experiences, Learn more about other cultures Receive faculty guidance as you
travel, Analyze your research and write while in transit This program allows
you to combine your studies, area of interest, and/or career goals with the
flexibility of traveling where and when YOU want! Curriculum Highlights:
Northeastern
University, Marine Science Center
East Point
Nahant, MA 01908 USA Phone: 1-781-581-7370 x-311 Where: Discovery Bay, Jamaica When: Winter (January - March) East/West Marine Biology Program: An intensive marine science program
where students take field-oriented courses at three marine labs in Friday
Harbor, WA (fall), Discovery Bay, Jamaica (winter), and Boston, MA (spring). Curriculum Highlights: This field-oriented program includes the
opportunity for extensive use of SCUBA as a tool to complement lectures, and
conduct underwater research. Setting Description: Each segment of the program is based at a marine
laboratory located in a pristine setting. Students are in daily contact with
the marine environment. Program Value: A rigorous, upper-level education in marine biology
and ecology which prepares students for graduate school or a career in
marine science.
Hollins
University
Box 9597
Roanoke, VA 24020 USA Phone: 1-800-511-6612 Where: Paris, London, Christie's in London, Ireland, Japan, Mexico,
Rome & Athens, Spain, Jamaica Service Project Hollins Abroad: Founded in 1842, Hollins is a distinguished national
liberal arts university, with nationally recognized programs in creative
writing, art, dance and psychology. Hollins emphasizes liberal arts as the
education of ultimate importance and practicality that helps young women
prepare for careers through internships, independent study and research,
study abroad, community service, and leadership experiences. Coed graduate
programs in English and creative writing, liberal studies, children's
literature, teaching, screenwriting and film studies serve ambitious men and
women eager to pursue graduate education
