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Winter Term

Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ provides a winter term each year to empower students to discover the value of self-directed education. Students may devise an individual project in collaboration with an Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ staff or faculty member, or participate in a group project that has been organized by Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ staff, faculty, or other students. These undertakings can happen on or off campus. The Office of Winter Term oversees these projects.

The central objective of this period is to continue the process of personal and academic discovery outside of the classroom.

  • Straight to the Source

    Richard Tran traveled throughout Ghana to shadow the makers of traditional and contemporary art forms.

  • A Job That's Actually Brain Surgery

    During winter term, pre-med student Kendra Lian shadowed surgeons at a hospital in China. In exchange, she helped doctors brush up on their English skills.

  • Delving Into Arizona's Mining History

    While exploring Arizona's historic copper mines through a photojournalism project, senior Paris Achenbach discovered as much about her future as she did about the state's past and present.

  • Lacrosse Team Completes Winter Term Projects Around the World

    While keeping up their training for the upcoming season, the members of the women’s lacrosse team completed winter term projects as varied as chemistry research, teaching outdoor skills to children in Lake Tahoe, and visiting the art museums of Paris.

  • Discovering Pro Bono Work

    Jordan Buller-Doll explored her interests in writing, policy making, and the legal system in her first winter term as an intern working for the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland.

  • Religion Major Studies Yoga in India

    Sponsored by Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Shansi, junior Alexander Bianchi is studying ancient and modern components of Ashtanga yoga at the practice’s site of origin, Mysore, India.