The Champlain Passport Program

The Champlain Passport Program (CPP) is Champlain's way of congratulating all rising sophomores who complete their first year with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Champlain College encourages our students to step outside of their cultural comfort zone and discover first-hand the phenomenon of "other-ness". It is Champlain's hope that every Champlain College student be exposed to another culture and its people before she or he graduates. If Champlain graduates are to become leaders in their professions, personal experience with foreign cultures and customs is almost mandatory given the multinational flavor that characterizes virtually all business and professional enterprises.

Champlain believes that the unique experience of a semester abroad is a significant piece of a well-rounded educational experience that will prepare you for professional career. A workforce that demands employees who can not only serve customers different from themselves but also understand and respect their different perspectives. The Champlain Passport Program is one way for us to demonstrate our commitment to those beliefs and support our students in making a semester abroad a reality.

Details

The Champlain Passport Program students qualify to receive a United States Passport paid in full* by Champlain College. Early each fall, representatives from the Burlington Post Office will come to campus to process all the required passport paperwork for CPP participants.

• Completed and UNSIGNED U.S. Passport Application:
  Passport Applications can be found here. Please complete online, print and bring the completed passport form UNSIGNED with you the day of the event: http://travel.state.gov/passport/forms/ds11/ds11_842.html.
• Evidence of US Citizenship:
  Certified birth certificate - *A certified birth certificate has a registrar's raised, embossed, impressed or multicolored seal, registrar's signature, and the date the certificate was filed with the registrar's office, which must be within 1 year of your birth. Please note, some short (abstract) versions of birth certificates may not be acceptable for passport purposes.
• Identification:
  Please bring a valid driver's license with you & also a photocopy of the license.
• Two Passport Photos
  Click here for Passport Photo Requirements: http://travel.state.gov/pdf/Photo-Quality-Requirements.pdf.
• For more details please refer to this website: http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/first/first_830.html.
  
  

Registration

Registration for both the passport application processing and the Champlain Passport Program Mix and Mingle, will be required by mid-August. Watch for your email registration notice just prior to registration.

For further information on CPP please feel free to contact, Dr. Lynda Reid, Director of Champlain Abroad Recruitment at reid@champlain.edu or 802 8602742.

*The cost of the passport photos are not included.