UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON SUMMER APPALACHIA PROGRAM (UDSAP)

APPLICATION

2018

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Name______

School Address______

Email______

Cell Phone Number ______

Year in School______Home Phone Number______

Home Address______

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Applicants are asked to submit this application byMonday January 21 to Nick Cardilino in Liberty Hall Room 107. Two letters of recommendation are due to the same office by January 21 as well. Please review the entire application packet.

Please answer the questions below. (Feel free to attach a document with your answers if that is easier for you.) Your responses will be reviewed by a member of the Center for Social Concerns, Meaghan Crowley, the acting advisor of the program, and Brother Tom Pieper, program advisor and amember of last year’s UDSAP community. This information along with a personal interview will provide the data for selecting participants. Thanks!

1. Give two reasons for considering a summer in Appalachia as a possible part of your college experience?

2. Share one or two types of volunteer efforts, work experiences or extracurricular activities (or other experiences) you have participated in.

3. Describe two personal characteristics or qualities about yourself which you feel would contribute constructively to the summer programs (e.g. organizational skills, communication skills, relational skills, etc).

4. Describe one or two interpersonal skills, or personal talents about yourself which you feel would contribute constructively to the group community living situation?

5. Describe one personal limitation about yourself.

6. Describe a situation that is stressful for you.

7. Explain how you deal with stress, and or a personal problem.

(ie. Hold them in, talk them out, etc)

8. The nature of the UDSAP program promotes shared daily meals, weekly community meetings and living in a focused Christian community. The community comes together weekly for prayer: reflection and sharing. What do you like/dislike, about these aspects of the program?

9. The house is fairly small and therefore there is a lot of “close living.” This tends to lead to a variety of group dynamics throughout the summer. What would you say is the most important value for living with a large group in close quarters for 9 weeks? What would you find exciting about living with a large group of other students? What would you find difficult about living with a large group?

10. Living in a small house with a large group of people there is little privacy. What do you do to find time alone, to find a little privacy?

11. One of the goals of the UDSAP program is to experience a simpler life style. What would simple living look like for you. What would be hard for you? Easy for you?

12. If you were to be in Appalachia for the nine weeks, what would be two personal goals for the summer?

13. Are there other special circumstances that should be considered? (e.g. this is your last opportunity to go, this experience will contribute to your major, I have a wedding to attend, etc.)?

Please indicate in the chart below when you CAN be interviewed during a MON-FRI schedule. We need about one hour for the interview. We will call you to set up a time and day. Thanks for your interest in UDSAP!

NAME ______

AM / Monday / Wednesday / Friday
8:00
9:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
AM / Tuesday / Thursday
8:00
9:00
10:30
12:00
1:30
3:00
4:30

UDSAP 2017

University of Dayton Summer Appalachia Program

APPLICATION PROCESS

We welcome you to apply to be part of the UDSAP program this summer!

APPLICATION

Applications can be picked up in Rm 107 in Liberty Hall, Social Concerns Office.

TheApplications must be returned by Noon on Monday, January 21, 2018

LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION

Please ask two persons with whom you have worked or lived (a parent, friend) to

fill out a Letter of Recommendation.

Please return the Letters of Recommendation or

Have the Letters of Recommendation sent to:

Campus Ministry

UDSAP 2017

University of Dayton

300 College Park Drive

Dayton, OH 45469-0408

Letters of recommendation should be received by Monday, January 21, 2018

INTERVIEW

After we have received your application and the two letters of recommendation

We will set up a personal interview with you. The interview is an opportunity for

us to review your application with you present. It is also a time for you to ask

any questions you may have concerning the summer program.

TRIP TO SALYERSVILLE, KY.

If you have not made a trip to see the community UDSAP house and the town of

Salyersville, Ky. it would be good for you to do so. A trip down will be planned

sometime in March or April.

MORE INFORMATION?

If you need more information or wish to talk to someone personally, please feel free to call Nick Cardilino at X92524, Meaghan Crowley X94813 or ask a former UDSAP participant.