Information for Faculty & Staff
DePauw faculty and staff are invited to participate in all Winter Term programming options. Intensive study in a non-traditional environment opens the door to student/faculty collaboration and intellectual engagement.
On Campus Courses
On-campus Winter Term allows both faculty members and students to experiment and explore new ways and new topics in their learning. Members of the faculty have frequently taught successful Winter Term courses outside their primary areas of scholarly expertise, and it is not uncommon for Winter Term course offerings to be developed into First-Year Seminars.
Off-Campus Faculty-Led Courses
Winter Term off-campus study and service projects give students and faculty members the opportunity to explore something that cannot be accomplished by classroom learning alone. Projects can take many different shapes and forms and should all be dedicated toward these general goals and objectives:
- Provide direct exposure to new ideas, contrasting systems, practicing of skills (language, performance, craftsmanship, leadership)
- Develop a sense of responsibility and involvement with pressing issues
- Reflection on the position of the U.S. on the international stage
- Viewing international diversity as a resource
- Understanding the fundamental principles of intercultural understanding and communication
- Using diverse cultural frames of reference and alternate perspectives to think critically and solve problems
- Integrating new knowledge and ideas into one’s current perceptions
- Ability to be in the position of a learner when encountering others
- Direct contact and interaction with individuals from other nations
- Reflecting constructively on a new experience
Internship Sponsors
Faculty internship sponsors work with students and hosts to enhance professional hands-on learning experiences. While students are responsible for securing their own internships, they are assigned to faculty who support them in establishing goals and making the most of their opportunities. As a sponsor, you will build relationships and maintain contact with students to help them incorporate academic learning objectives through preparation, assignments and reflection. You will also be in contact with hosts to collaborate on student feedback and evaluation.
Independent Study Supervisors
Faculty supervisors will significantly influence your student’s acquisition of skills and resources necessary to complete the proposed project. Furthermore, the development of the project as a learning experience for the student will depend largely on your guidance. While sponsoring involves some time commitment, the student stands to gain much from this relationship: engaging in learning for learning’s sake, exploring a topic that is of personal interest and doing so in a well-conceived manner. As the project sponsor, you are the principal contact and where the student reports the result of the project for evaluation.