Finances and the Facility

Kim Schmidt, director of WCSC and associate professor of history at EMU, speaks to WCSC students at the Vietnam War Memorial. Although many things are free, students should expect added costs for urban living, such as personal transportation and entertainment.

EMU students pay regular on-campus tuition and room and board. WCSC has an agreement with other Mennonite Colleges; students from these colleges should for more information about costs.

A transportation stipend will be provided either from the internship site or from WCSC.

Students should expect added costs for urban living, such as transportation and entertainment.

Financial Assistance

Every student receives a stipend for his or her internship.

Students eligible for federal work-study receive the maximum allotment, currently about $1000 a semester. All other students receive a $1000 stipend as a tuition discount (subject to change).

The WCSC House

The new facility boasts 5,000 square feet of finished space.

In January of 2006, WCSC moved its program to a fully remodeled facility located in the Brookland Neighborhood. Only four blocks away from Cathloic University as well as a metro stop, this once four-unit apartment building now serves as a beautiful home for the Washington Community Scholars' Center.

The house is equipped with a washer/dryer and basic furnishings. Students have access to three computers, two bikes and a car, which is used for house shopping needs and carpooling to university and internships. Students may bring their own computers. Students are encouraged to forgo the use of a personal car in the city and take public transportation, walk or bike.

(Download the Case Statement for Relocation in PDF format.)