Student Experience
Get involved with a dedicated community of like-minded students and faculty, eager to grow in their knowledge and experience. Take the opportunity to study abroad on one of Calvin's off-campus semester programs, or one of the numerous summer programs, or join a student organization related to your specific interests.
Opportunities to study abroad
Put your public health knowledge to work in the real world by participating in an off-campus interim or semester. Research global health in Hungary and learn how to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS and extreme poverty, discover how to influence health care policies by doing an internship in Washington, D.C. or partner with SafeWater Ghana and bring clean water to people at risk from poor water consumption.
Semester programs
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The Impact of Clean Water in Honduras 2023
- Draw on various disciplines to propose sustainable, culturally appropriate solutions to the clean water crisis in Honduras.
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The Henry Semester in Washington, D.C.
- In Washington, D.C. you'll gain a real-world perspective on the ideas you've learned in the classroom at Calvin. Whatever your major, you can work with Career Development to find a place to gain valuable experience in your field of study.
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Semester in Ghana
- [Not currently offered] Studying at The University of Ghana for a semester will introduce you to a new and exciting culture and give you opportunities to learn a local language, music techniques, cooking methods and much more.
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Semester in Hungary
- Get to know a major European city better than you know your own neighborhood. A hub for food, politics, fine arts, and thermal baths, Budapest, Hungary offers the opportunity to learn alongside inspiring Hungarians who serve refugees, teach in schools, and advocate for positive social change.
Summer programs
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The Impact of Clean Water: Honduras
- Explore the challenges of clean water availability on a local, national, and global level, and wrestle with potential solutions to this pervasive and complex problem.
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PUBH 385B: Impact of Clean Water - Honduras
- Students in this course will address the lack of sustainable systems by helping to implement new filter systems on site and studying communities to quantify the impact of clean water on health.
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PUBH 385A: Impact of Clean Water - Navajo Nation
- Students will learn how the availability of clean water relates to nutrition, poverty, life expectancy, education, employment, and income of the local community.
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BUS 190: Leadership in Kenya
- Discover how leaders in Kenya and East Africa develop businesses, provide health care, address poverty and issues of justice, and more.
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BIOL W80 Puerto Rico: Viral Infections, Vaccine Development, and Valued Biodiversity
- Puerto Rico has one of the highest HIV incidence and death rates in the US, many outbreaks of Dengue Fever, and recently it has been hit hard by the Zika virus. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a branch on the island, which became a center to do research on the Zika outbreak and control measures. Puerto Rico also became a national center for HIV/AIDS vaccine development in 2014.
