Veritas Christian Study Abroad: Valparaiso - Study Abroad and Missions Program
- Hosted at: Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso
- Location(s): Valparaíso and Viña del Mar, Chile
- Program Type(s): Study Abroad, Volunteer
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Valparaiso and Viña del Mar offer ways to serve communities and demonstrate God’s love to children and elderly alike. Veritas students may volunteer in youth ministry, orphanages, or in elderly care homes. Students will grow in their faith as the... read more
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Valparaiso and Viña del Mar offer ways to serve communities and demonstrate God’s love to children and elderly alike. Veritas students may volunteer in youth ministry, orphanages, or in elderly care homes. Students will grow in their faith as they discover what it means to be an international missionary, serve others, and gain a global perspective.
The Mission Mentor disciples Veritas students in their experiences through prayer, reflection, and spiritual support as well as connects them to ministry partners and local churches. The International Missions/Service-Learning Practicum provides a great opportunity to reinforce the cross-cultural missions experience in-country. Students will receive college credits for the reflection activities, journal entries, and cultural research which enhance the overall experience.
This program includes the unique opportunity for an additional mission trip where students to travel to Rancagua, Chile upon completion of classes in Valparaiso. Students will spend a week in the rural village where they partner with a local church for outreach and service including sharing testimonies in house churches, volunteering in a preschool, delivering food provisions for the homeless, and leading worship and prayer. Available during semester and summer 1 sessions only.
For semester programs, students will take one Veritas program course, the International Missions/Service-Learning Practicum, and 3 or 4 other courses from the Pontifical Catholica Universidad Valparaíso (PUCV). Beginning Language students are required to enroll in a Spanish language course.
For summer programs, students will take the International Missions/Service-Learning Practicum and two courses from the Pontifical Catholica Universidad Valparaiso.
Program Type(s):
Study AbroadVolunteer
Program Length(s):
- Fall
- Summer
- Spring
- Academic Year
Instruction Language(s):
- Spanish
- English
Relevant Study Subject(s):
- Agriculture Business, Agricultural Management
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
- Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
- Liberal Arts, General Studies
- Missions, Missionary Studies
- Earth Science
- Physics
- Economics
- International Relations
- Political Science and Government
- Film, Video, Photographic Arts
- Fine Arts, Studio Arts
- History
Minimum GPA:
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International Studies Abroad / ISA Scholarships
In pursuit of its goals of enhancing cultural awareness and providing students with the independence and language skills necessary for the workplace, The Dr. Carlos E. Castañeda Memorial Scholarship seek to help those who may not otherwise be able to study abroad. As a testament to his early struggle and lifelong pursuit of academic excellence, ISA offers USD 58,000 annually in scholarships to be used towards ISA programs in memory of Dr. Castañeda. The Dr. Carlos E. Castañeda Memorial Scholarship are both merit and financial need-based scholarships that assist students from affiliated universities with the expenses of studying abroad. Scholarship awardees will have the opportunity to participate in the Correspondent Internship, which gives students the chance to add content to ISA’s Student blog. The student may also be given an opportunity to be part of ISA’s offices abroad based on the need of the particular office.
12 x $2000 for Fall Programs; 12 x $2,000 for Winter/Spring Programs; 2 x $2,500 for (Fall-start) Year Programs; 2 x $2,500 for (Spring-start) Year Programs
ISA offers USD 8,000 worth of scholarships annually dedicated to the memory of Michaela Farnum. Michaela was a junior studying International Business and Spanish at Seattle University and was a participant in the ISA program in Chile. Her experience was tragically cut short when she lost her life in a hiking accident in the mountains of La Campana National Park in Chile. ISA hopes that this scholarship will help aspiring study abroad students and will do so in memory of Michaela who only began to realize her dream of study abroad. The scholarship is both merit and financial need-based scholarships for the study abroad expenses for the summer term of the student awardees
8 x $1,000 for Summer Programs
The ISA Diversity Scholarships aim to encourage students of a broader cultural make-up to participate in ISA programs by offering funds to assist with the expenses of studying abroad. The scholarship amounts to USD 14,000 in awards and is to be used towards ISA programs.
2 x $1,000 for Summer Programs; 3 x $2,000 for Fall Programs; 3 x $2,000 for Winter/Spring Programs
