Selection Criteria

  • Student applications will be selected according to cultural sensitivity, project excellence/feasibility, relevance to academic / personal goals, and strength of faculty recommendations. 
  • Students are required to seek out 2 UVa mentors, one of whom works outside the student's discipline. A list of potential mentors can be accessed  here.
  • Student service learning projects should address health from an interdisciplinary perspective and should incorporate a service learning perspective through proposed service to local populations.
  • International Service Learning is defined here.

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