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THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE All applicants, whether from the University of Virginia , from Mary Baldwin College , or from another university or college, must submit their applications on-line. Applications should be submitted online through the UVA Program in Perú application website. Applicants are required to have a 2.80 GPA on a 4.00 scale, although the admission committee will have the discretion to admit students with lower GPAs under certain circumstances. The program is intended to form part of a comprehensive undergraduate degree program. The final right to accept credits remains with your home institution. You should check with your own International Studies Office or its equivalent for requirements and procedures necessary to receive credit. No knowledge of the Spanish language is required for participation in the program. Unless indicated, courses for the Term Session or Summer Session, described on this website, are in English. Students may, at their request, be housed in homes where English is spoken. Please send all inquiries to peruprogram@virginia.edu . You may also consult by e-mail Professor Jorge Secada, Department of Philosophy, University of Virginia , at jes2f@virginia.edu, or Professor Ivy Arbulú, Mary Baldwin College at iarbulu@mbc.edu, about any aspect of the program. R Regarding the application procedure and other administrative issues, please write to Ms. Amy Frazier Yoder by email at peruprogram@virginia.edu. Information about the UVa Program in Perú can also be obtained from the International Studies Office at the University of Virginia at 200 Minor Hall, P.O. Box 400165, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4165 or by email from Mr. Tim Wojoski at timw@virginia.edu or in person from him at the International Studies Office. Please send all postal mail inquiries and all other postal correspondence to the following address: UVa Program in Perú APPLICATION DEADLINES: Summer Session applicants please apply with all required documents by April 5, 2008. Term Session applicants please return the attached application form with all required documents by: Thursday, November 1, 2007 for the Spring Term Session 2008 Friday, April 10, 2008 for the Fall Term Session 2008 Saturday, November 1, 2008 for the Spring Term Session 2009 THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE Applications should be submitted online through the UVA Program in Perú application website. Applicants must submit a non-refundable application fee of $100.00 for summer program applications or $120.00 for term session applicantions (check payable to "UVa Program in Perú.") Non-UVa students must submit an academic transcript. UVa students must submit a transcript of copy of their VISTA. Transcripts and application fees should be mailed to: UVA Program in Perú ADMISSIONS PROCEDURES: CLASS SCHEDULE: PASSPORT: FEE PAYMENT SCHEDULE: FINANCIAL AID: Financial aid in the form of scholarships and grants to cover the cost of the program either fully or in part may be available for University of Virginia students on the basis of need and of merit. If you are considering participating in the program and may need financial aid, please see an advisor at the International Studies Office (Minor Hall, 2 nd floor), your dean of students, and any of the program’s staff or faculty immediately. See all three persons, and do so as soon as you can. Many students miss out on aid opportunities because they inquire after deadlines have passed, or because they fail to inquire at one of these three sources (ISO, your College or School, and the Program). Mary Baldwin College students should contact Professor Ivy Arbulú (Carpenter/Academic 215). Several grants are now being offered directly through the UVa Program in Perú. Grants will be awarded on the basis of need and on merit. For the summer program, two grants of $600 each are available. One will go to a UVa student, while the other is open to all applicants. For the term sessions, one grant of $800 is available for each term, and it is open to all applicants. To apply for these grants, students should contact the UVa Program in Perú directly, not ISO. An extra recommendation letter, separate from the one used to apply to the program at large, must be included, as well as a personal statement of need. Non-UVa students should request that their institution’s Office of Financial Aid, or similar office, contact the UVa Program in Perú regarding their application and specific financial need. Details and application guidelines and instructions are available upon request from peruprogram@virginia.edu and from the program administrators. VOLUNTEERING AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: The UVa Program in Perú offers volunteering and internship opportunities for students who are interested in getting involved in social and humanitarian work, or have other extra-curricular interests in Perú. We aim to provide opportunities for our students to engage in volunteer work which will also afford them a learning experience away from the classroom and in direct contact with different sectors of the Peruvian population. Although the possibilities for volunteer work vary according to the length of time the student will be in Perú, i.e. Term Session or Summer Session, we can provide, and have provided in the past, opportunities in four general areas: education, health and medical aid, social work, and environmental protection and education. In previous years, our students have been involved in various interesting and personally fulfilling projects. Among them are painting in a shanty town outside Lima , assistance to the elderly, teaching children and reinforcing values such as punctuality, respect for others, etc. Other students have worked in NGOs devoted to the protection of the environment, helping raise consciousness regarding the environment in poorer areas of Lima . Former UVa Program students have also worked as volunteers or have done internships in NGOs dedicated to the protection of human rights, and some have done research in the areas of special education and the distribution of microcredits to low income women. At present we are planning to set up an educational volunteering program with the Asháninka native community in the Peruvian central high Amazonic forest. This will be a program specific to the UVa Program in Perú, and it will afford our students a unique opportunity to engage in program-supervised teaching activities, while at the same time enriching their personal and social development through interaction with the rich culture and history of the largest native community in Peruvian Amazonia. The program will start with a pilot in July/August 2008, and should be fully operational in July/August 2009. It will be open to all our students as it will take place immediately after our Summer and Spring Terms and immediately before our Fall Term. If you are interested in volunteering or doing an internship, please get in touch with the UVa Program´s Assistant Director Prof. Ivy Arbulú at iarbulu@mbc.edu. To see an example of a volunteer project conducted by the summer 2007 term participants, go to the following video link. PAST PARTICIPANTS: This program operates in conjunction with Mary Baldwin College. It is open to applicants from all colleges and universities. Past participants have represented the following institutions: American University Auburn University Boston College Bowdoin College College of William and Mary Columbia University Georgetown University Harvard University James Madison University Mary Baldwin College Pennsylvania State University The Citadel University of California Berkeley University of California San Diego University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Kansas University of Mary Washington University of Pittsburgh University of Virginia Wilkes University Yale University
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