Civitas through Caritas: Summer Program for Rising High School Seniors

Posted by Villanova University on May 14, 2024

Civitas through Caritas: Cultivating Love, Cultivating Citizens is a summer program for rising high school seniors in the greater Philadelphia area. The program is committed to recruiting students who are from under-served and under-represented groups, with significant financial need and/or other barriers to higher education. 

The program includes:

• a free, three-week summer program for 16 rising high school seniors from greater Philadelphia area schools to engage in civic conversation through a foundation in the liberal arts
• an opportunity to continue those conversations with peers and faculty mentors once a month throughout the academic year
• a jumpstart on the college application process, including one-on-one mentoring and guidance for navigating the Common App and for drafting college essays

Civitas through Caritas is hosted by Villanova University’s Augustine and Culture Seminar, the University’s signature academic program for all first-year students, and is made possible by a generous grant from the Teagle Foundation as part of their Education for American Civic Life initiative.

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