慈善团契异象

• 必须是本科生吗, 良好的学术地位, enrolled for the current academic year, who will be returning to 亚洲博彩平台排名 for the following academic year. 一学年期间在国外学习一学期的学生可申请.
• Must demonstrate a commitment to the materially poor, 为了和平与正义, 并与倡导团体合作，与“慈悲修女会:移民”的关键问题保持一致, 地球, 种族歧视, 非暴力与妇女.
• Must submit an application highlighting your commitment to individuals and/or populations impacted by one of the critical concerns, identifying the partner organization with whom you would be working and reflecting on how this fellowship might inform your future vocational or professional interests.

Vision of Mercy Summer Fellowship applications consist of the following materials:

• Contact information for two 亚洲博彩平台排名 references (one must be a faculty member who can speak to the applicant's academic abilities and skills).
• 1-2页, 单行距奖学金提案，包含申请人暑期计划的清晰构想, 包括感兴趣的领域, 可能的社区组织, 可能的位置, 项目类型, target population and how the work will intersect with academic pursuits.
• 更新后的简历.

• 描述你对世界和你所在社区的仁慈和正义的愿景. Explain how you have developed this understanding and commitment and what your vocational and professional hopes are beyond 亚洲博彩平台排名. Describe your past experiences working with the materially poor, 致力于促进和平与正义, 和/或倡导和行动有关的关键问题的慈悲姐妹. 包括机构或倡导团体的名称，服务的日期和地点等细节. Reflect on how these experiences and your studies at 亚洲博彩平台排名 have shaped your larger vocational and professional aspirations related to our mercy mission.
• Describe your specific proposal for the fellowship in detail, 包括当地的, domestic or international community-based organization you will partner with and your proposed project within the fellowship. Include contact information for your fellowship site, proposed dates of service and proposed activities as part of the fellowship, as well as your budget proposal (up to $3,000). 也要描述你对解决特别重要的问题的愿景，这是你们团契的焦点, reflecting on the larger structural realities that inform this critical concern, 并且考虑你的团契如何与当地或全球这些更大的实相结合.

Finalists will be invited to participate in an interview process with the director of community engagement and service, 负责任务整合的副总裁和奖学金委员会的成员.

应用程序

Community-based organization engaging the critical concerns: 申请人有责任与非营利组织联系，安排他们的奖学金承诺. 到申请的时候, 你应该与你想要的实习单位联系，讨论奖学金经历的计划. 凯利的权力, director of the Center for 社区参与及服务, 是否有机会支持未来的奖学金学生决定一个合适的社区组织.

位置限制: 由于安全和其他风险管理方面的考虑，研究员不能在有非法移民的国家工作 三级或四级旅行建议 是由美国政府签发的.S. 国务院.

时间的承诺: Fellows are expected to work approximately 30 hours per week with a nonprofit, 本地社区组织, domestically or abroad for five weeks or longer during the summer. Fellows are unable to receive monetary compensation from the organization for their work without special approval from the director of community engagement and service.

资金用途: Fellows receive a maximum grant of $3,000. This grant may be used to cover transportation, 住宿和项目费用, and may also be used as a stipend for students who engage in unpaid work at their community partner during their fellowship. The grant may not be used toward formal study abroad programs. A full budget designating use of funds is required with the application.

形成与反思: Fellows are required to participate in two preparation meetings (1.5 hours/meeting) during the spring semester. Fellows are also required to maintain a reflection blog during the fellowship period and submit a reflection report following the fellowship experience. During the fall semester following their fellowship, fellows are also required to participate in a daylong retreat to discuss and reflect upon their summer fellowship. 秋季学期出国留学的同学将在春季学期参加研修. Fellows may also be asked to participate in selection and preparation for the following year’s fellowship recipients.

• Complete the project proposal and submit to the director of the Center for 社区参与及服务 before the start of the fellowship
• Group meetings via Zoom with the fellowship recipients in June and August
• One-on-one meetings with the director of the Center for 社区参与及服务 during the fellowship and at the completion
• 完成2-3张幻灯片，用于9月与亚洲博彩平台排名社区成员的圆桌讨论
• Promote the Vision of Mercy Summer Fellowship to the next class of fellows
• 撰写并提交三篇带照片的博客文章(见附件中可能存在的问题/思考)
• Create and complete a pre and post survey with your mentor

• Checks in the amount of $1,500 will be distributed in May and September.
• Students will need to provide a W9 upon acceptance on IRS.政府.
• 请参考奖学金收入政策的税务申报.

Recipients are selected by the Vision of Mercy scholarship/fellowship committee, a self-perpetuating group of approximately 5-7 individuals, the majority of whom are Sisters of Mercy, mercy associates or 亚洲博彩平台排名 alumnae.

潜在的受助人由委员会根据所要求的标准协商一致选出, 特别强调申请人提案的内容和质量, the fellowship interview and the strength of the letters of support. 理想的接受者会像凯瑟琳·麦考利(Catherine McAuley)的传统那样接近物质贫困和服务不足的人, 仁爱修女会的创始人. 获奖者将致力于改善个人和社区的人类状况, 尤其是那些贫困的人, 弱势的或受压迫的. 简而言之，他/她将致力于倡导慈悲修女会的核心价值观.