Current and incoming Baylor students receive greater discounts as the number of Summer of Discovery classes taken increases. For more information about Accelerate, visit baylor. Current and incoming first-year students may visit baylor. Hometown McLennan County.
Actions Facebook Tweet Email. Baylor announces new Accelerate summer program, second year of Summer of Discovery program. Students may choose to attend one or both of the summer sessions. Copyright Scripps Media, Inc. It is hoped that this experience will have a positive effect on student interest in careers in science disciplines and allow them to begin a program of undergraduate research. Receive our free newsletter and be the first to see our volleyball rankings, news, analysis and more.
You must login to view this article or subscribe to PrepVolleyball. Annual subscriptions start Welcome to the fifth edition of our newest feature, the 'College Classifieds. Ten feet. Davide Lipscomb and James A. Harding came together in Nashville, Tennessee in because they believed that a truly educated individual was equipped both academically and spiritually. Thus Lipscomb University was formed, affiliated with the Church of Christ. Today, the school offers fields of undergraduate studies and many advanced degrees to approximately 3, students.
They do so by offering an incentive. If students to take at least nine credit hours in the summer they can be credited up to three credit hours of internship courses for free. In addition to this incentive, students working in an internship paid or unpaid, on or off-campus, part or full-time can receive academic credit for their time. Their website breaks this down in that 10 hours a week for 13 weeks translated into 1 full hour of academic credit, 12 hours per week for 13 weeks would be 2 and so on.
This valuable experience provides students with a chance to earn money while catching up on credits. Calvin College is committed to excellence in education and religion.
It is a private Christian school established in and now offers over majors, minors and programs, with the top major and programs in education, engineering, business, nursing, psychology, biology, English, communications, kinesiology, and speech pathology.
At Calvin, the sciences are taken seriously with their outstanding summer research opportunities. Fifty-three research projects explored a wide variety of projects ranging from plant responses to climate change to nanomolecular building projects to the impact of green roofs on energy use to trapping atoms.
Participants hone their skills in the country where opera was born and receive comprehensive training in all aspects of opera including singers, pianists, instrumentalists, costume designers, stage directors, design and production artists, and conductors.
Not only will students have fabulous training from faculty from noted conservatories and schools from around the world, they will be immersed in Italian language and culture. During the course of the program, students will participate in two fully-staged operas. In addition to learning about opera, students will have 15 hours weekly of Intensive Italian Language Study through a course designed by the Accademia Britannica specifically for the Program with the developing opera professional in mind.
There is no doubt that this unique summer program offers a life-changing opportunity. Considered the birthplace of modern international criminal law, Nuremberg is a Bavarian city that hosted the Nazi war crimes trials after World War II.
Traveling to these fascinating locations, as well attending classroom instruction, students will forever be changed by these historical and legal experiences. The Germany Summer Program is open to Creighton law students as well as graduate and upper-level undergraduate students. Participating students will receive six credit hours. It is the source all true art and science. At Albert Einstein College of Medicine, there are about 1, students who receive a respected biomedical and clinical research education, and are known for excellence in their humanistic approach to medicine and research.
Their summer program, called SURP, is designed for 50 undergraduates who are seeking research as a career. It consists of eight weeks of laboratory work capped with a presentation. The experience is not all work and no play, however. Participating students are considered part of the Einstein student body and may take part in all social activities on campus, as well as a trip to the Bronx Zoo and a student and faculty barbecue.
Each summer, six Davidson students are chosen to be servant leader interns with the Freedom Schools program. Davidson students who participate in this program will receive a stipend, and will have to chance to work with these young students.
Davidson students may also participate in Community Engagement Fellows, where they will be paired with non-profit organizations for eight weeks of service during the summer. Students in this program will also receive a stipend for their work. These excellent programs foster student involvement in the community while providing Davidson students summer activity and a stipend.
The Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities was formed by the Undergraduate Research Program in collaboration with the Simpson Center for the Humanities to create opportunities for students to engage in scholarly work at the undergraduate level.
The institute brings faculty and students together to earn full-time, academic credit through immersion in scholarly research with accomplished scholars and peers. During the summer, students spend time in intensive training while conducting individual research in collaboration with other students who are working on related projects, and with faculty who offer their expertise.
The overall goal of the Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities is to increase the number of undergraduates doing research in the humanities, provide an intensive research opportunity for students, establish a community of undergraduate arts and humanities scholars, and to create a forum for humanities undergraduates to present their scholarly work.
In doing so, it transforms those who are willing and able to be touched by it. Since Stanford has nurtured creative minds that are interested in making real changes in the world.
Stanford has many summer programs and opportunities, and their Intensive Studies Program is one worth noting. To mention a couple highlights, the Organic Chemistry focus fulfills the one-year college organic chemistry requirement with lab for most medical schools. The Water Management program is innovative in addressing vital global issues. There are number of different summer programs at Gordon that deserve mention. The school offers summer internships, study abroad programs, research fellowships, and enrichment programs.
Many of these do fit our criteria, but due to limited space a few examples must suffice. As for internships, the Gordon Global International Program gives students interested in building global networks in many different career related fields or ministry interests a great chance to get ahead in experience, skills and knowledge; students may go to in South American, Europe, Africa and Asia. Interns are unpaid and expected to pay travel expenses, though some organizations help with living expenses and provide stipends and there are possibilities to earn credit.
Awarded to five student students every year is the A. Gordon Missions Fellowship. For qualified sophomores and juniors interested in Christian leadership, ministry, and international experience, this is a great opportunity. In addition to these unique programs, opportunities abound in research, service learning and more.
There are 13 exceptional options of summer programs for the nearly 1, students at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. In , this premier medical and research school became the third institution in history to receive the best possible assessment from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Most of the programs offered during the summer range from six to ten weeks, some are paid internships, some provide stipends of various amounts, and all give students real world, hands-on experience, and an advantage in their prospective fields.
This dedication to learning has outlived the Soviet Union, and today Bryn Mawr cooperates with several Russian higher education institutions to operate its eight-week intensive Russian language program. This summer program lasts eight weeks, and consists of two four-week programs.
Students may enroll in only the first four weeks of the program, if they so choose, but these students must have the permission of the program co-directors to extend their studies into the second half of the program. Despite operating as part of Bryn Mawr College, students do not need to be otherwise enrolled at Bryn Mawr to attend, or even be of college age. Anyone over the age of 16, including high school students, undergraduate students, graduate students, and those who have already completed graduate degrees can participate.
Many schools only offer a few internships that may or may not produce quality results. At the College of the Holy Cross, in Massachusetts, the nearly 3, students are blessed with over choices of quality internships in a variety of fields: advertising, medicine, finance, law, publishing, research, and social services to name a few. The application process is straightforward and the staff of the Center for Career Development assists along the way.
The helpful staff can assist students in choosing the right internship with the hundred plus to choose from. Also notable is the amount of opportunity for students to receive funding. Funding is based on a 35 hour week for 10 weeks. Beloit College is a small private liberal arts school located in Wisconsin that was founded in The school has about students and is known for its hands-on, liberal arts approach, with notable success in anthropology and geology among others.
The Center for Language Studies is a four or eight-week language immersion program in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, or Russian that is open to high school students 17 and older, undergraduate and graduate, and professionals. It gives qualifying students the opportunity to contribute their expertise to a campus- or community-based sustainability project, for example, the Beloit Urban Garden and Stormwater Management among many others.
All in all, students interested in diverse study opportunities in a variety of fields should take a look at Beloit. Being the University of California Los Angeles offers the advantages of a large university, namely choice. The Summer Institute Programs are diverse and relevant. The Jumpstart Summer Institute program is an intensive, full-time summer architecture experience through a four-week program exploring architectural education for individuals contemplating careers in architecture, design, and related fields.
Working in a studio setting similar to graduate students, participants use the latest computer aided techniques in 3D modeling as preparation for graduate studies or the job market. UCLA also has other great programs: The Managing Enterprise in Media, Entertainment, and Sports Sumer Institute offers tremendous potential for the job market as the program focuses on innovating, marketing, and managing within this multi-billion dollar industry.
At the University of Pennsylvania, there are two unique aspects to their summer session. Our Open Enrollment process allows these students to enroll in Penn Summer as visiting students. Traveling to a foreign country with no classes can be life changing and more educational than any traditional class setting. Combine the excellence of a Penn education with travel and you have something worth writing home about. Many of the Study Abroad programs fit our criteria of at least four weeks, though some do not and may only be 10 days.
Through the College of Liberal and Professional Studies LPS students may be drawn to London for five weeks of study in the footsteps of Charles Dickens and other literary stalwarts of European history.
Locations vary and can be found easily on their website: Examples include South Africa, Cuba, Argentina and many other European destinations. A life changing experience awaits for those with a travel bug and the desire to earn Penn credits on the journey. Wheaton College sets out with a stated mission to serve Jesus Christ and advance His Kingdom through excellence in liberal arts and graduate programs, and to educate the whole student.
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