Santa Clara University

Jean Donovan Summer Fellowship - Jean Donovan Summer Fellowship

Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education

Jean Donovan Summer Fellowship

 

 
Jean Donovan The Fellowship is named in honor of Jean Donovan, an American woman who lived, worked, and died in solidarity with the impoverished and oppressed of El Salvador in the nineteen-eighties. The Jean Donovan Summer Fellowship is designed to encourage and support students who desire to deepen their understanding of social justice issues through a summer community-based learning experience. The Fellowship provides $1,500 in grant funding to recipients. All students who will be returning to Santa Clara University for the following year are eligible. The grant is intended to help cover costs for the summer experience, such as travel, lodging, and program costs. It may also be used as a stipend for students who engage in unpaid work in the community closer to home. It may not be used toward formal study abroad programs.
 
 
 

 

Responsibilities

…Spend the summer working with youth in Los Angeles…Work with Habitat for Humanity in Chile … Teach English to children in Vietnam…Do you yearn to work for social justice? Let this Fellowship help!

  • Applicants are responsible for contacting and/or applying to a program or service organization of their choice
  • Recipients will participate in a 4-6 week summer community-based learning experience
  • Recipients will reflect together on their summer experiences during the fall following their experience on a weekend retreat.
  • Recipients are responsible for creatively sharing their experience with the broader Santa Clara University community
  • Recipients play an active role in the selection process & preparation process for the following year's recipients
  • Being open to the world means that you want to learn from it… open your world and let it teach!

 

Application Process

 

Additional Information

 

Contact Information

Do you already have questions? Contact Valerie Sarma at the Kolvenbach Solidarity Program or Laurie Laird at the Arrupe Partnerships for Community-based Learning.

 
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