Service-Learning is an educational approach that integrates meaningful community work with academic curriculum, enriching learning through intentional reflection on the dynamic relationship between theory and practice. Service-Learning embraces the principles of reciprocity between all parties––the community partners are co-educators, faculty and students are engaged citizens, and the academy becomes an active member of the local and global community. An international movement, service-learning promotes both local commitment and an understanding of interrelatedness of communities and societies across the world.
Our mission is to fully institutionalize service-learning into the campus academic culture and ethps in accordance with best practices and models put forward by the thriving national/global service-learning movement. Providing training, resources, and support for faculty, students, and community partners we strive to foster intentional, collaborative, learning relationships with and between all stakeholders and to support the broader university-wide culture of community engagement that contributes to student success and prepares students to be engaged citizens in the global society.
