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Immersion Programs
Native American Literature and the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation
Each August, students travel to South Dakota with Peter Bayers, Professor of English and Director of the American Studies Program, to work with Simply Smiles on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation. Students help construct homes, maintain the community garden, and facilitate a summer camp. Students are eligible to apply for this program as volunteers, and are encouraged to take an accompanying course in Native American Literature during the following semester.
Community, Public, And Global Health Nursing
U.S. nursing students work with students from Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) in Managua, Nicaragua, faculty from Fairfield and UCA, and community partners, to develop and implement sustainable, evidence-based interventions to address health concerns. In Spring 2019, the program took place in Puerto Rico.
Vertebrate Zoology Field Experience in Brazil
Global Community-Engaged Learning Scholarships
The Center for Social Impact offers scholarships for students engaged in community-engaged learning immersion experiences. Students who have been accepted into a community-engaged learning experience or a JUHAN program with an immersion component can apply for need-based funding to cover travel costs up to $1,000.
The application for scholarships can be found below. Deadlines are program-specific.