2003-2004 - The University of Scranton

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and scholars including health, housing and
relocation services. Our staff is always ready
and available to counsel and advise on crosscultural
adjustment, and personal issues; and
we assist faculty and staff in providing an
appropriate support environment for international
students and scholars. ISS also plans
and implements socio-cultural programming
for international students, scholars and their
cohorts, including cross-cultural dialogues,
symposia, lectures, trips and international festivals.
We actively promote several global initiatives:
including the Family Friendship Program,
the Global Ambassador Program,
International Language Xchange Program, the
Global Dialog Series, the Global Volunteer
Program and the International Scholars in
Residence Roundtable.
Global Initiatives
International Programs and Services also
serves the University’s mission by promoting
initiatives such as scholar exchanges, international
internships, global partnerships, service
learning programs as well as a variety of
other international scholar experiences (seminars,
conferences, workshops, multilateral collaborative
projects). To ensure faculty have the
support necessary to prepare our students for
successful participation and leadership in
global society, the University encourages and
facilitates international faculty exchanges and
student collaborations.
Internship Programs
The University’s commitment to internships
and other types of career-related learning
experiences as an integral part of the educational
process is strong and growing. Since
the fall of 1995, over 1,500 students have
enrolled in for-credit internships related to
their majors or vocational goals.
The University of Scranton offers two
kinds of career-related learning experiences –
for-credit internships and non-credit, careerrelated
work experiences. Internships for
credit give students opportunity to reflect
upon, analyze and critique their experiences
in ways that demonstrate their ability to integrate
what they have learned in the classroom
with what they are learning in the field. Forcredit
internships require that students be
supervised by a faculty member and an onsite
supervisor, and that they develop a set of
clearly defined learning objectives, internship
responsibilities and an assessment plan. Noncredit,
career-related work experiences assist
students in gaining work experience that
complements their academic preparation.
They are less structured and do not necessarily
relate to specific course work.
For-credit internships are available to students
in many majors. For specific information
on such internships, students should
contact their academic advisors. Students
wishing to participate in the non-credit
Career Experience Program should contact
the Career Development and Placement Center
(941-7640) to schedule an appointment
with one of the counselors.
Second Degrees
Persons with good scholastic records and
baccalaureate degrees from regionally accredited
institutions, who wish to earn second
baccalaureate degrees, must apply to Dexter
Hanley College.
Service Learning
The Panuska College of Professional Studies,
in keeping with the mission of this University,
is committed to a program of service-learning,
which provides a link between community
service and academic study. Students learn
and develop by participating in thoughtfully
organized service that is conducted in and
meets the needs of the community. Servicelearning
is integrated into and enhances students’
academic curriculum by providing
structured time for students to reflect on the
service experience. The service experience is
an effective strategy for achieving enrichment
and introducing the student to the academic,
social and civic needs of diverse groups of
people. Through this program, students in
The Panuska College of Professional Studies
complete service-learning experiences as a
requirement for graduation.
Several courses in the College of Arts and
Sciences also include a service-learning
requirement.
Special Sessions
The University of Scranton annually offers
Intersession in January and two summer sessions
to allow students to accelerate their
degree programs or to make up courses that
may not have been completed during the regular
semesters.