Academic Services

Walsh University empowers students and alumni to connect their academic preparation to employment, year(s) of service, or continued study. Career Center staff use a comprehensive approach to work with graduate students on career design, network building, and experience articulation through self-assessment, experiential learning, and best-practice coaching to support students and alumni success in both identifying and reaching the next step in their professional journey.

The Career Center works to cultivate relationships with local and national employers to connect student and alumni talent with internship and career opportunities in northeast Ohio and beyond. Through a series of professional education workshops and events, career treks, and on-campus and regional career fairs, students have opportunities to connect with local professionals, alumni, and graduate degree programs.

Have you considered working abroad? Walsh University is proud of its status as a Peace Corps Preparatory Institution. The Peace Corps Prep program prepares students for international work experience or Peace Corps service. Students build four core competencies through interrelated coursework, hands-on experience, and professional development support. Handshake, the Career Center’s online career management platform, provides students and alumni with 24/7 access to conduct job or internship searches, schedule appointments with the Career Center, and register for events.

Handshake uses simple but powerful search tools and alerts to help find the best fit from more than 500,000 jobs and internships posted by 120,000 companies, non-profits and government organizations. Handshake continually personalizes career recommendations based on majors, interests, and connections.

Take the next step in your career journey by connecting with the Career Center at walsh.edu/career-center.

Inspired by the example of global citizenship of the Brothers of Christian Instruction, the Office of Global Learning provides opportunities for students to develop into leaders in service with an international perspective. Global Learning promotes learning which transforms the student, the university and the communities which they serve.

Through the Office of Global Learning, students have the opportunity to participate in a number of semester long, short-term, faculty-led, and international internship programs offered throughout the year. Walsh University offers semester experiences to Rome and Gaming, Austria (collaborating with the Franciscan University of Steubenville),and Carlow, Ireland (collaborating with Carlow College, St. Patrick). In addition, Walsh provides educational experiences to Europe, Uganda, Uruguay, Mexico, Tanzania, Haiti, and beyond.

Global Learning programs offer students unique academic experiences that broaden their intellectual awareness, cultural sensitivity, professional preparedness, and exposure to the world. This is why Walsh University students are encouraged to participate in at least one Global Learning experience before they graduate.

Students may also seek study abroad opportunities and international internships through a number of providers and partners including UNIVA (Universidad del Valle de Atemajac) a Catholic University in Guadalajara, Mexico, Carlow College in Carlow, Ireland, or CAPA –The Global Education Network to offer students a number of international internship opportunities in locations such as Buenos Aires, Dublin, London, Shanghai, and Barcelona. Walsh also is a member of the Cooperative Center for Study Abroad (CCSA) a consortia of universities and colleges. Students interested in exploring such opportunities should contact the Office of Global Learning.

Walsh University is also proud of its status as a Peace Corps Preparatory Institution. The Peace Corps Prep program will prepare students for international development fieldwork and potential Peace Corps service. To accomplish this, students build four core competencies through interrelated coursework, hands-on experience, and professional development support. 

Details for the application process for any of these programs can be found on the Global Learning webpage or by contacting the Office of Global Learning.

The Academic Support Center (ASC) provides free tutoring to Walsh students in selected subject areas such as math, chemistry and biology, along with tutoring in writing for any subject area. Tutoring is usually on a one-to-one basis, arranged in half-hour or one-hour sessions, and tutoring hours are posted around campus each semester and are available in the ASC. In addition to providing help in specific content areas, the tutors are available to assist with any area of the writing process: brainstorming, developing ideas and organizing them, understanding research and documentation, and reviewing individual points of grammar. Reference works, such as dictionaries, thesauri, style manuals and manuals on writing for various fields, along with textbooks for selected subject areas, are available in the Center, as are numerous computers with network access.  Students can access tutor schedules and appointments online at https://walsh.mywconline.com.

Walsh University is committed to fostering an institutional climate in which qualified students with disabilities have full access to the academic environment. Housed in the Library, 2nd Floor, Accessibility Services verifies students’ disability status and determines eligibility for specific accommodations. Academic accommodations, such as tape recorders, electronic textbooks, and extended test time, are coordinated through this office, as are physical accommodations, including disability-appropriate housing and physical changes to classrooms or labs. Students must register with Accessibility Services in order to receive these services. Per federal law, Accessibility Services can provide these accommodations only to students with verified disabilities and not to the general student population.

Walsh University’s regional accrediting agency, The Higher Learning Commission, requires documentation of student academic achievement in general education studies (Walsh’s core curriculum) and in the major. Walsh University requires students to take various assessment tests, as deemed necessary and appropriate by the School Dean and division/department/program chairs. At present, critical thinking, placement, and proficiency testing are done as a matter of course.

The Spectator, the official student newspaper, reports current events on campus and voices the opinions and attitudes of the student body regarding various aspects of life at the University. The campus literary society publishes a magazine, Raison d’ Être, and conducts various events. Walsh offers video production and podcasting facilities.