Spring Break Study in the Netherlands
 Spring Break Study in the
Netherlands is an annual trip to Amsterdam and surrounding areas. This experience is designed to
familiarize students and faculty with Dutch social policies for homelessness, prostitution, drug
use, substance abuse, social services, adoption research and policy, schools, neighborhood social
control, multicultural aspects of healthcare, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. The trip
includes guided tours of neighborhoods and social institutions and daily lectures by government
officials, practicing social workers, and many of Holland's most prominent scholars. The experience
will challenge students to compare Holland with the United States and help students understand the
strengths and weaknesses of social policies and human services in both countries. The three-credit
course concentrations include corrections, health policy, mental health, women's health and an
undergraduate survey course.
Child Welfare in Ukraine
 This three credit course will
acquaint the participant with the socio-political factors that influenced the development of child
welfare programs in the nongovernmental sector (private, nonprofit sector) and governmental sector
in Ukraine. The role of the helping professions in child welfare will be explored via agency
visits, lectures, and collaboration with Ukrainian professionals and researchers. The goals are to
provide participants with the necessary conceptual background, knowledge base, and analytical
skills learning about child welfare in another country and to learn about Ukraine's child welfare
policies and practices, and how policy affects the delivery system and organizations that serve
children and families.
Kenya: Women and Community Development
 This field experience
will provide an opportunity to understand the historical and socio-political factors that shape the
lives of women, youth and children in Kenya. The field experience goals are to develop skills in
working on the global struggle to alleviate poverty, HIV/AIDS, sex trafficking, and homelessness.
The trip will included guided tours of neighborhoods, social institutions and lectures by
practitioners. The role of the nongovernmental sector will be explored through visits to projects
that provide community building opportunities for women, children and youth.
Summer in Kenya
The Mandel School in partnership with International Partners in Mission is offering a
special opportunity for alumni and friends to participate in a study tour to Kenya this summer
August 10-21. It is part of a summer CEU program here at MSASS.
This course is designed to familiarize participants with the impact of poverty and inequality
on the lives of women and children in Kenya in East Africa. The trip includes guided tours of
neighborhoods and social institutions in and around Nairobi, and lectures and discussions with
nonprofit leaders. The experience will challenge participants to think about their assumptions
relative to Kenya, its people and institutions, and its relationship to the rest of the
world. In addition, the experiences will challenge the participant to understand the
nongovernmental organization in community and social developments in Kenya.
Summer in the Netherlands
 The Mandel School is offering a
special opportunity for qualified students and alumni to participate in a study tour in the
Netherlands this summer (June 20th-27th). It is part of a Summer CEU program with NYU. This
experience is designed to familiarize participants with Dutch social policies for prostitution,
drug use, substance abuse and treatment (harm reduction model, needle exchange programs), mental
health and other social services, immigration issues, multicultural aspects of healthcare,
euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide and right to die issues. The trip includes guided tours of
neighborhoods and social institutions and daily lectures by government officials, practicing social
workers, and many of Holland's most prominent scholars. The experience will challenge participants
to compare Holland with the United States and help them understand the strengths and weaknesses of
social policies and human services in both countries.
Case Drive (The Dominican Republic Initiative)
 This field experience for
MSASS students is part of Case Drive (The Dominican Republic Initiative for Volunteer Experience)
and is a collaboration of students and faculty from Case Western Reserve University, established in
2004, and representing the College of Arts and Sciences, the schools of Dentistry, Engineering,
Medicine, Nursing, and Social Work. Case Drive provides Case students with rich international
service-learning experiences in the Dominican Republic, enabling them to develop skills in global
citizenship while addressing community-identified needs that benefit community-based, non-profit
organizations. Students participating in this trip must speak Spanish.
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