Major Programs at the Ware Institute

COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING/ SERVICE LEARNING
Community-Based Learning links classroom learning with educational experiences in the larger community. The primary goal is to give students a comprehensive experience in which they are able to interact with the material studied in a way that is both personally intimate and world engaging.
For more information about this type of class, click on the link above or contact Dr. Susan Dicklitch, Associate Dean of the College, Director of The Ware Institute.

CPS JOHN MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIPS
Applications are due by 4:30 p.m. on the first Friday of September, October, November, February or March each year.
Students who have been awarded the CPS Marshall Scholarship are eligible to apply for either a John Marshall Research Project or a Community and Public Service (CPS) Marshall Project. The CPS Marshall project maximum award is $3,000. There are five rolling deadlines for the CPS Marshall project applications.
For more information about the CPS Marshall scholarship, click on the link above or contact Dr. Susan Dicklitch, Associate Dean of the College, Director of The Ware Institute.

NGOS - SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERNSHIPS IN ECUADOR
PROGRAM DATES: May 27-July 19, 2009
APPLICATION PERIOD: January of each year
The Government Department and the Ware Institute for Civic Engagement are pleased to announce a new community-based learning internship for credit for current students. Eight students will have the opportunity to enroll in a ten week for-credit summer internship course.  Students will spend two weeks at Franklin & Marshall College and eight weeks working with local NGOs in rural Ecuador. For more information about summer internships in Ecuador, click on the link above or contact Dr. Susan Dicklitch, Associate Dean of the College, Director of The Ware Institute.

PUBLIC SERVICE SUMMER INTERNSHIPS (PSSI)
PROGRAM DATES: May 27-July 31, 2009
APPLICATION PERIOD: Opens in January each year. 
A full-time paid internship with a local non-profit organization for 10 weeks in the summer. Internships in areas such as human services, city and county government, law and justice, education, health care, economic development, and the arts are carefully selected to match the applicant.
Contact Lisa Wolfe, Associate Director for the Ware Institute at 717-291-4164 if you have questions about this program.

MANHEIM SUMMER MENTORING PROGRAM
PROGRAM DATES: May 27-July 31, 2009
APPLICATION PERIOD: Opens in January each year. 
The Manheim Summer Mentoring "Kids Camp" internships work with children in the Manheim Central School District who have been deemed to be "at-risk." Interns learn how to help make a real difference in a child's life during this ten-week paid internship. Contact Lisa Wolfe, Associate Director for the Ware Institute at 717-291-4164 if you have questions about this program.

PUTTING IT TOGETHER IN THE COMMUNITY (PIT)
PROGRAM DATES: August 23-27, 2009
APPLICATION PERIOD: Applications are mailed to all first-year students in late May
PIT was created as a way to help first-year students develop meaningful bonds with other first-year students by participating in public service projects in Lancaster County as they get to know the community in which they will live during their college experience. Participants may help elementary school students prepare for the upcoming school year, or partner with Lancaster's Habitat for Humanity, or take action improving the local environment. Contact Lisa Wolfe, Associate Director for the Ware Institute at 717-291-4164 if you have questions about this program.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF LANCASTER COUNTY

In an exciting partnership between our agency, Franklin & Marshall College, and the School District of Lancaster, Rachel Sipe, the F&M Big Brothers Big Sisters Caseworker coordinates a mentoring program where student volunteers from Franklin & Marshall are paired with students at Reynolds Middle School. Over the course of three years, participants build friendships, share in fun activities, and work together towards continued academic success.  The Ware Institute connects our program with the larger picture of service and civic engagement in the Lancaster community!
Rachel's F&M hours are Wednesday and Thursday afternoons starting at 1:30 p.m. Her F&M phone 358-4641 or email her at rsipe@bbbslancaster.org if you have questions about Big Brothers/Big Sisters programs or internships.