Turning
Understanding into Action
Students should not be spectators
to their own education. That’s why Jepson students are
actively engaged in their world, applying their
knowledge and relating their learning through group and
individual projects, civic initiatives, study-abroad
opportunities, lectureships, interactions with world
leaders and more.
As
a result, Jepson students have unparalleled opportunities
to link theory and practice, culminating
in an intense internship experience.
Embedded in the Jepson approach is
a deep commitment to social responsibility and civic
engagement. The Jepson School has a mission: to send
students into the world with the knowledge, skills and
desire to make the world a better place.
Experiential Emphasis
- Jepson majors engage in a
240-hour internship that has a seminar
and interactive reflection component.
- Jepson’s required
Justice
and Civil Society course explores
contemporary society and justice. Students read and
debate alternative theories of justice, study
poverty and related socio-economic problems. Then,
they practice what they’re learning in volunteer
work.
- Students enrolled in the
course contribute some 3,000 volunteer hours per
semester to area not-for-profit organizations.
Service sites
-
A class studying ethical decision-making in
healthcare hears from the chair of a hospital ethics
committee and the head of UNOS, which controls the
nation’s organ supply for transplants.
-
A course about Ronald Reagan brought in lions of the
conservative movement—former U.S. Attorney General
Edwin Meese, John O’Sullivan of National Review
fame and Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork.
-
The
Jepson at Cambridge
program, a partnership with the Richmond School of
Law, provides an eye-opening academic and cultural
experience for students through a five-week summer
session at Emmanuel College in England.
- Some professors require
projects or community-based research or analysis in
a community setting in their courses.
- Field trips to places such as
Monticello,
Gettysburg or the
U.S. Supreme Court
amplify learning.
Background on experiential
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