Scholarships for Spring Break S-L Courses

Amizade Global Service Learning is offering three, week-long Spring Break courses with academic credit through West Virginia University. Each faculty-led course incorporates community-driven service-learning, academic class work, cultural events, and recreational activities.

The scholarship application deadline is December 31, 2008.

"Globalization: A Jamaican Case Study," in Petersfield, Jamaica, (March 7-14). The two-credit course focuses on the sugar and tourism industries in Jamaica, allowing students to observe the effects of globalization on small communities firsthand.

"International Educational Issues," in Petersfield, Jamaica, (March 14-22). This course integrates service-learning in rural schools and intensive academic coursework to explore the complexity of education and challenges of economic development.

"Journey with Indigenous Cultures: Psychological Issues and Self-Awareness," in Crownpoint, New Mexico, in the Navajo Nation (March 14-22). This three-credit psychology course explores the psychological and social processes involved in cross-cultural contact.

Amizade is a nonprofit organization. Visit www.amizade.org for more information.