Contribute in your own unique way and discover purpose and meaning with the J.D. Power Center.
Advancing the mission of Holy Cross as a Jesuit, liberal arts college, and rooted in Ignatian pedagogy, the J.D. Power Center for Liberal Arts in the World offers experiential learning opportunities to prepare students for lives of impact and to support faculty seeking to engage students in high-impact educational practices. Through the Center’s wide variety of offerings, students connect disciplinary theory with practice, develop valuable expertise, engage their community and the broader world, build transformative relationships and discern how they can use their unique talents to live a life of purpose and meaning.
Through the programs, courses and activities that the J.D. Power Center for Liberal Arts in the World offers, students will gain the following:
Students engage in diverse experiences that require them to learn how to understand the perspectives of and communicate ideas to others in academic and professional situations.
Through reflection and observation, students develop a sense of vocation and how they can contribute meaningfully as citizens and future professionals to the world.
Students strengthen their capacity to place their individual learning experiences into the wider context of their academic trajectory, the Jesuit, liberal arts mission of the College and broader social, natural, cultural, economic and civic environments.
From community-based learning, research opportunities, the Washington Semester Program and the Academic Internship Program, participate in real-world opportunities that prepare you for post-graduation but also align with Jesuit principles. Become better prepared for your professional life but also the best version of yourself through exposure to new ideas, thoughts and perspectives.
Through the Experiential Learning Partial Credit (ELPC), students who participate in an extensive internship or research experience may have this experience noted on their academic transcript. The ELPC is offered twice annually: once for summer experiences and once for academic year experiences.
Director, J.D. Power Center for Liberal Arts in the World
Faculty, CISS & Academic Internship Program
Email: msbarret@holycross.edu
Office: Smith 332
Phone: 508-793-3006
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Assistant Director, J.D. Power Center for Liberal Arts in the World
Email: mbeviglia@holycross.edu
Office: Smith 334
Phone: 508-793-2445
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Science Coordinator, Weiss Summer Research Program
Professor, Psychology
Email: dbitran@holycross.edu
Office: Beaven 426 Phone: 508-793-3329
Pronouns: he/him/his
Director of Summer Research in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Fine Arts and Trial Teams
Email: acashman@holycross.edu
Office: Smith 333
Phone: 508-793-2353
Pronouns: he/him/his
Academic Internship Manager
Email: mfinn@holycross.edu
Office: Smith 327
Phone: 508-793-2498
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Administrative Assistant, J.D. Power Center
Email: girard@holycross.edu
Office: Smith 333 Phone: 508-793-3890
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Assistant Director, Donelan Office
Email: khauver@holycross.edu
Office: Smith 326
Phone: 508-793-3950
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Director, Donelan Office
Faculty, Montserrat
Email: ijenkins@holycross.edu
Office: Smith 323
Phone: 508-793-3007
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Assistant Director of Experiential Learning,
Budgets & Operations
Email: tmichnie@holycross.edu
Office: Smith 328
Phone: 508-793-2497
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Director & Faculty, Washington Semester Program
Email: cmurray@holycross.edu
Phone: 508-793-3902
Pronouns: he/him/his
Associate Director, Donelan Office
Email: kroumimperascani@holycross.edu
Office: Smith 322
Phone: 508-793-3515
Pronouns: she/her/hers
