Slide deck from “Maximimizing Your Leave Terms” session at Dartmouth College Sophomore Family Weekend 2012. Hosted by: Rockefeller Center (http://rockefeller.dartmouth.edu), Tucker Foundation (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~tucker/), Dickey Center (http://dickey.dartmouth.edu/), and the Office of Undergraduate Advising and Research (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ugar/). Thanks to our student speakers: Edgar Sandoval ’14, Samuel Street ’13, and Hannah Rowe ’14.

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Maximizing Your Leave Terms
Sophomore Family Weekend 2012

2. Leave Terms at Dartmouth
 College Mission: preparation for a lifetime of learning and responsible
leadership
 Opportunities for International, Interdisciplinary and Independent learning
 Campus funding sources for unpaid opportunities and projects
 D plan allows for flexibility: plan carefully and use your leave terms wisely!
Fall Winter Spring Summer
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First year You choose
campus campus campus
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campus
Sophomore You choose You choose You choose
(sophomore
summer)
Junior You choose You choose You choose You choose
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Senior Graduation!
campus campus campus

3. Does it matter what I do during my leave
terms?
 Gain knowledge and experience beyond the classroom
 Link your academics to potential careers
 Learn about career paths
 Develop transferable professional skills
 Make connections
 Have opportunities when other colleges are in session
 Gain knowledge of the world‟s peoples and problems
 Engage in practical work in different communities

4. Maximizing Your Leave Terms
Internships & Research
Value Options Planning Resources

5.  Academics
+ Internships & Research
 Link classroom learning to real
world experience
 Delve deeper into a particular field
 Careers
Value Options Planning Resources
 Learn about a career path
 Gain contacts for future jobs
Value  Expanding horizons
“My time in Ethiopia helped broaden
 Travel outside of your home region
my perspective of the world & also  Interact with different groups of
reminded me of what I value in life & in people
my relationships with others.”
- Emily Dollar „14
 Personal growth
 Take healthy risks
 Challenge yourself
 Influence the world in which we
live

6. EXAMPLES OF INTERNSHIPS
+ Internships & Research
 International
 World Health Organization (Geneva)
 United Nations Environment Programme (Kenya)
 Public Policy
Value Options Planning Resources  U.S. State Department (Domestic & Abroad)
 American Civil Liberties Union
 Community Service
Options  Upper Valley Haven
 Boston Center for Refugee Health & Human Rights
“The hardest part of my leave-term
experience was finding the right  Career exploration
opportunity. The possibilities of
 Alaska SeaLife Initiative
programs and places seemed endless.”
- Emily Unger „11  Sharp Communications (advertising company)
EXAMPLES OF FACULTY-MENTORED RESEARCH
 On campus
 Hormonal modulation of social behaviors
 Abenaki language revitalization
 Off campus
 Child trafficking in Mozambique
 Traditional healing in Tanzania
 Groundwater arsenic contamination in Cambodia

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 Getting started
 Seek out information about opportunities
Internships & Research  Monitor websites
 Subscribe to relevant email lists, ListServs,
and newsletters
 Use campus support and resources
Value Options Planning Resources
 Seek multiple sources of advice & information
 Campus offices & websites
Planning  Faculty & staff
“I wrote in my application that I wanted  Students
to learn how our government works
„outside the textbook‟ and for 11
extraordinary weeks, I did just that.”  Adhere to deadlines
– Tyler Kuhn „14
 Submit materials on time
 Ask for recommendation letters in advance
 Preparing for a successful leave term opportunity
 Meetings with supervisors and mentors
 Connection with Dartmouth students who have
returned from leave term opportunities

8. Leave Term Preparation
+ Internships & Research
 Pre-departure seminars
 Orientations
Value Options Planning
 Skills-based trainings
Resources
 Clarify personal goals and objectives for
leave term
Resources
“There is more personal advising
available than you realize. Taking the
time to go in and meet with someone, Health, Safety, & Emergency Response
even if you have no direction at all yet,
is super helpful for getting ideas or
Supports
clarity..”
- Melissa Gordon „13  International ISOS
 Health & safety training sessions
 Deans on call
 Dartmouth‟s Department of Safety &
Security

9. On-campus Resources
Career Services
The office supports undergraduates in preparing for and making informed decisions about undergraduate and post-graduate academic and
employment plans.
Dickey Center for International Understanding
The Dickey Center strives to create global citizens at Dartmouth through student groups, off-campus opportunities, and co-curricular learning
programs.
Dartmouth College- American University in Kosovo Partnership
This partnership includes faculty and student internships, among other opportunities. The summer internships take place in Pristina, Kosovo at the
University's Program in Peace-building and Post-Conflict, and include work at various ministries and NGO's in the area.
Dartmouth College-American University of Kuwait Project
This project provides opportunities for exchange of expertise, allows AUK students to study at Dartmouth, and welcomes Dartmouth students to
Kuwait for term-long internships.
Institute for Security, Technology, and Society
This institute is dedicated to pursuing research and education to advance information security and privacy throughout society.
Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy
The center is a catalyst for public policy research, teaching and deliberation and prepares students for lives of leadership and service in a diverse
and globally interdependent world.
Neukom Institute
This institute was created to become a catalyst for interdisciplinary collaboration at Dartmouth using computational science to aid the myriad
research projects on campus.
Undergraduate Advising and Research
This office facilitates opportunities for students to engage in research with a faculty mentor, fostering first-hand experience in an academic field of
research and development of skills.
William Jewett Tucker Foundation for Service, Social Justice, and Spirituality
Tucker educates Dartmouth students to think and act as ethical leaders and responsible citizens in the global community through service,
character development and spiritual exploration.