The ACTC OSAP Student Summer Session in Oxford for 2014

The ACTC OSAP Student Summer Session in Oxford for 2014

The Association for Core Texts and Courses (ACTC) and the Oxford Study Abroad Programme (OSAP) jointly sponsor a Summer Session in Oxford in the liberal arts from May 20 to June 17, 2014. Offered in association with Oxford University’s New College, the program consists of a core text seminar on Human Nature and Technology, suitable to fulfill a core curriculum or elective requirement, and an Oxford tutorial, formed and chosen by each participating student in cooperation with an Oxford faculty member.

Students must apply on or before April 26, 2014.  The program’s entire description and its application form may be found at: http://www.coretexts.org/actc-oxford-study-abroad-programs/actc-osap-student-summer-session-in-oxford/

The Summer Session in Oxford program is offered exclusively to students of Member Institutions of ACTC. Potential participants and institutional administrators should check with their dean or provost and/or http://www.coretexts.org/organization/institutional-membership/ to see if their institution is a current members of ACTC.

The Human Nature and Technology seminar will be taught by Patrick Malcolmson, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science at St. Thomas University, former provost and experienced professor of an interdisciplinary core text program. Credit for both the tutorial and the seminar will be provided by St. Bonaventure University, as CLAR 101 (seminar) and CLAR 201 (tutorial) and should be transferable to American institutions. Students can earn six (6) credits, but they are urged to check with their home institution on accepting the transfer credits for a degree.

ACTC is a national association of about seventy liberal arts and science colleges, working together to promote higher education through a better understanding of core texts (world classics) of Western and other civilizations. Please see the ACTC website: http:www.coretexts.org.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to call or write:

J. Scott Lee, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Association for Core Texts and Courses

ACTC Liberal Arts Institute

1928 Saint Mary’s Road

Saint Mary’s College of California

Moraga, CA 94556

Office in VT: 802 222 4376

Office in CA: 925 631 8597

www.coretexts.org

Scholars Semester in Oxford

Changes to Scholars' Semester in Oxford: GPA minimum now 3.7, second semester sophomores welcome

GPA minimum now 3.7

BestSemester's Scholars' Semester in Oxford (SSO) programme has always been designed for high achieving students who can meet the University of Oxford's exacting requirements for Visiting Students. Until recently such students needed a GPA of 3.5. In October 2013 Oxford University increased the requirement with immediate effect such that students must normally have a GPA of 3.7; this standard will affect all new admissions decisions.

This change should make SSO even more clearly the programme of choice for your really high achieving students, especially those who are aiming for graduate or professional school. SSO welcomes applications from them and from students whose GPA does not meet the new requirements but who still deserve consideration because of extenuating circumstances. The new requirements may disappoint some students who cannot now attend SSO: they are very welcome to apply to the Oxford Summer Programme for which there is no absolute GPA requirement, though typically 3.0 has been a minimum.

Second semester sophomores welcome

SSO now welcomes applicants from second semester sophomores. While juniors and seniors are likely to benefit most from time in Oxford, having greater academic experience and maturity, sophomores are now welcome to apply to spend their second semester at SSO if they cannot be in Oxford in their junior or senior year.

More information on the programme can be found at:  

https://www.bestsemester.com/locations-and-programs/oxford/sso

Your help in advising students as to how they can best profit from BestSemester's programmes in Oxford is much appreciated.  As always, we appreciate your entrusting your students to us for a semester and really appreciate the challenge and pleasure of working with these bright, able, and engaged students.

Yours with every best wish,

Stan

Stan Rosenberg, PhD

Director, SCIO

Faculty Member: Wycliffe Hall and Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford

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Congratulations to Ben Bogard and Mattea Otten

Both Ben and Mattea are Wartburg Scholars

A picture is worth a thousand words — Congratulations to these students who won the Study Abroad Photo Contest:

Ben Bogard ’15, first place, "Peace in China"
Mattea Otten ’14, second place, "Something Beautiful"
Samatha Salow ’15, third place, "Faith Worldwide"
All 63 entries can be viewed on the Study Abroad Facebook page. The photos also will be on display outside the Den in January and February, during which time the Student Choice and Faculty/Staff Choice awards will be voted on and awarded.

Honors program in Guatemala

Please forward to undergraduate honors listservs. This is an excellent program for honors students interested in Latin America. It includes rigorous course work as well as internships and research opportunities.  Courses can be taken for honors credit, and students receive a University of Arizona transcript. Thank you. --Prof. Elizabeth Oglesby

FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN LATIN AMERICA:

The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona and the

Center for Mesoamerican Research (CIRMA) invite you to participate in a study
abroad program in Antigua, Guatemala. This is a summer, spring and/or fall

semester program. Students receive a University of Arizona transcript. Most

courses can be taken for honors credit, and some can be taken for graduate
credit.

The real uniqueness of Study Abroad at CIRMA is our commitment to a transformational pedagogy.   Our program weaves together rigorous theoretical engagement in themes such as human rights, development, climate change, and indigeneity with ongoing reflection of current events, home stay experiences, top/notch language training and profound encounters with Guatemalan activists, artists, students and scholars.

https://www.facebook.com/StudyAbroadCirma

Program highlights include:

* a variety of Latin American Studies, History, Anthropology, Politics,
Environmental Studies and Spanish classes, taught by professors, scholars, and
practitioners from Central America. Students can also study a Mayan language.

* classes give an in-depth and on-the-ground view of the history of revolution

in Central America and contemporary social justice, peace and development

issues, and ethnic relations.

* engaging field trips throughout Guatemala related to course material.

* opportunities to travel on your own (Guatemala is incredibly beautiful,
complex and fascinating!)

* a home stay with a Guatemalan family.

* for-credit internships at CIRMA and use of CIRMA's extensive research library.
CIRMA is located in a stunningly beautiful colonial mansion in the center of
Antigua, Guatemala.

* internships and volunteer opportunities in the surrounding community, organized according to student interests.

* study abroad students are also doing internships at Safe Passage/Camino Seguro
(www.safepassage.org) in Guatemala City.  Safe Passage provides
life-transforming aid to children of families who live in a barrio marginal.
Study abroad students have found that lending a hand to this incredible
organization not only makes a real difference in the world, but that it changes
their own lives as well. This internship can be accompanied by a directed
reading in Latin American urban history or urban anthropology.

* a colloquium series that brings in renowned political, social and cultural
leaders to dialogue with the study abroad students.

In both Fall and Spring, CIRMA offers an optional, 2-credit field learning experiences.  We team you with top experts and bring you to places tourists never see, into direct contact with Mayan or other Central American communities who have risen from the ashes of the civil wars and are doing amazing grassroots projects, recovering historical memory and/or promoting sustainable development.  Students say that these trips, like their CIRMA experience in general, change their lives.

Deadline to apply for Spring 2014 is Oct. 15. For deadlines for summer and fall 2014, please click on the U of A study abroad link below.

For more information about the application process, contact Jill Calderon at the
UA Study Abroad office:
jcaldero@email.arizona.edu.

For questions about CIRMA and Guatemala, contact
Jennifer Casolo, CIRMA study abroad director: jcasolo@cirma.org.gt

For program information, including price, see:

http://global.arizona.edu/study-abroad/program/center-mesoamerican-research-cirma-guatemala

or visit http://cirma.org.gt

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