Centers
The Center for Global Education
The Center for Global Education is the office responsible for outgoing and incoming student and faculty exchanges. This includes study abroad and exchange programs, faculty exchanges, and short-term and semester-long faculty-led academic programs abroad. The center advises students on international opportunities and scholarship funding sources, and manages students’ applications and other paperwork. It provides pre-departure orientation for study abroad programs and opportunities for reflection upon students’ return. It also works to ensure the safety of the John Carroll community while abroad, through advising, insurance programs, and monitoring world events.
The center issues and maintains visa paperwork for degree-seeking students as well as student, faculty, and researcher exchange visitors. It is responsible for ensuring that international students maintain their status under the terms of their visas and University policies, authorizes work permission on and off campus, and orients new international students. The center also provides opportunities for international students to integrate into campus life and meet other international and domestic students, faculty, and staff.
Contact: The Center for Global Education at global@jcu.edu, or visit the CGE website at www.jcu.edu/global, or call 216-397-4320.
The Center for Service-Learning and Social Action
The Center for Service-Learning and Social Action is an academic office that connects students and faculty to engaging opportunities for learning through service, community-based research, and civic engagement. The Center also connects the campus with the community through mutual partnerships that are significant, eye-opening, and transformative. These high-impact learning experiences help the University realize the Jesuit goal of developing well-educated men and women who understand the realities of a changing world as well as what it means to stand in solidarity with those living in poverty and on the margins.
Service-learning is a philosophy of education, method of teaching, and a model for community engagement that connects the classroom and the community by engaging learners in the application of theory and praxis. Service-learning utilizes structured and intentional community-based service placements to enhance student engagement and foster deeper learning and knowledge. This form of learning emphasizes critical thinking and personal/professional reflection while encouraging a heightened sense of personal growth, academic achievement, civic learning and professional development.
Service-learning at John Carroll is built on an asset-based approach where students are encouraged to see the possibility, promise and power that exist in every community. Assets and strengths are emphasized because they are building blocks of community and recognize the gifts, values, vision and voice of people.
Courses that are offered as service-learning courses carry an "SLC" course attribute. CSSA collaborates with faculty each semester to offer course sections that include a community-based experiential learning component. Learning outcomes include:
Applying and deepening course knowledge through engaged experiential learning
Gaining increased knowledge and awareness of community issues, real-world dynamics, and the interconnectedness of subject matter
Developing cultural competencies and critical consciousness
Cultivating a habit of reflection about the meaning and purpose that directs their pathways and career choices
Developing an awareness of civic responsibility and the importance of community engagement
Inspiring curiosity and a deeper appreciation of the power of human connection
Developing the relational and professional skills needed to be thoughtful leaders, ethical thinkers, community builders and change agents
Through these dynamic opportunities and encounters, learning is deepened, awareness is broadened, and career paths are discovered or confirmed. The center embodies the mission and commitment of John Carroll University in the formation of men and women who “excel in learning, leadership, and service,” to build a more humane and just society.
Director: Dr. Katherine Feely, SND, Ed.D.
Contact: Phone: 216-397-4698 or Email: service@jcu.edu
Visit the website: https://www.jcu.edu/academics/service-learning
Endowed Centers
The Edward M. Muldoon Center for Entrepreneurship
The Edward M. Muldoon Center for Entrepreneurship was created in 1999 with a gift from Mr. Muldoon, a 1948 John Carroll graduate, and a matching gift from the Boler Challenge Fund, to establish a permanent home for the entrepreneurship program of the University. The Muldoon Center’s objective is to inspire the John Carroll University campus and stakeholder communities to launch innovative change that creates value.
The entrepreneurship team works with any student one-on-one, through community partner collaborations, and through experiential courses to:
Celebrate what makes them authentic.
Challenge them to take courageous steps.
Walk with them as they fail forward with confidence.
Empower them to (re)discover their curiosity and create what they aspire to build.
The Center specifically supervises the following programs:
The program minor, which is a series of unique experiences that offer any student across campus the opportunity to become a world-class problem-solver so they can create lasting positive impact for their employer, their community, and/or their business.
LaunchNET is a program funded by the Burton D. Morgan Foundation that provides financial and mentorship resources to any student wanting to start or scale a side hustle or business.
Cleveland Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, which is a 9-month program supporting disadvantaged community members who have a dream of starting and growing a venture that includes an intensive bootcamp, a mentorship program, and a student consulting program.
Entrepreneurship Ambassador Program, which is an application-based program available to any student in the entrepreneurship minor to help the Center leadership ensure their programming stays relevant to the student experience.
In addition, the center provides support for the Entrepreneurs Association (EA), a group of local private company business owners and professionals. The EA provides members with the opportunity to network, attend professional development programs, and mentor students.
Director: Doan Winkel, Ph.D.
Contact: Office Location: Boler College of Business, Rm. 312 or Phone: 216-397-4605 or Email: dwinkel@jcu.edu
For additional information, visit: http://boler.jcu.edu/centersexcellence/edward-m-muldoon-center-entrepreneurship.