Archive:Summer Scholars Portfolio

  • Water Purification and Solar Energy in Ghana

    During the summer of 2015, Paul Healy served as a Solar Field Representative for Saha Global, a non-profit that works on water purification and solar energy in Ghana. On a team of four Field Represent

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  • Clinic Volunteer Coordination and Synthesis in Guatemala

    Clinic Volunteer Coordination and Synthesis in Guatemala

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  • Fighting for Justice in Mental Health

    Madeleine Ringwald (COL '16) was funded by SIPS during the summer of 2015 to help her stay in DC for the summer and work for the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, the only mental health-focused la

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  • Migrant Workers in the Philippines

    Migrant Workers in the Philippines

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  • Primeros Pasos in Argentina: Chandler Hinson’s GlobeMed Journey

    Primeros Pasos in Argentina: Chandler Hinson's GlobeMed Journey

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  • The Simunye Project

    In the summer of 2016, Michael Bakan worked with St. Martin de Porres, a Jesuit parish and school located in Soweto, South Africa. St. Martin teaches grades 8-12 and maintains a focus on academic achi

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  • Innovating Housing Solutions in DC

    Georgetown alumni Corey Stewart, Dereck Hough, and Jimmy Ramirez spent the summer of 2015 in DC researching innovative housing solutions to help combat homeless in the district. Throughout the summer,

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  • First Responding in Bangladesh

    During the summer of 2015, Cherie Chung (SFS '16) embarked for Bangladesh to work for CriticalLink, a nonprofit social enterprise that uses mobile technology to help save lives. CriticalLink primarily

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  • Bryn Bogan in Uganda

    In June 2015, SIPS funded Bryn Bogan (COL '16) to travel both outside of the U.S. and by himself for the first time to Uganda. In Uganda, Bryn worked in the small town of Kitgum for the Gulu Agricultu

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  • A Breath of Fresh Air

    This summer Georgetown students Phil Wong and Phil Dearing travelled to Rwanda to study and help improve cooking practices there. SIPS provided them with resources to purchase modern cooking stoves to

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