Community Service and Service Programs
The Office of Student Activities provides an array of one-time and ongoing service experiences on campus and in the community that encourage lifelong service and social justice work.
Students who participate in the Office's service programs will enhance their learning while impacting their communities.
Students who participate in service programs will...
- Gain knowledge and understanding of service and of opportunities to engage in service
- Identify opportunities to serve and to lead service
- Develop awareness of current human and community needs
- Gain understanding of related social, political, and environmental issues
- Comprehend the meaning of service and the methods of service leadership
- Develop the ability to interrelate and establish meaningful relationships with others
- Develop interpersonal skills including communication and cooperation
- Build meaningful relationships with peers, leaders, and community members
- Show empathy for others especially those different from oneself
- Develop the ability to perform and lead service in group settings
- Demonstrate the ability to make meaning of service experiences
- Exhibit self-awareness and self-authorship through service
- Show the ability to think critically about the root causes of issues related to community needs
- Demonstrate the ability to think reflectively and to convey thoughts and feelings
- Demonstrate the ability to effectively facilitate reflection and discussion among peers
- Construct a personal definition of social justice through exposure to social injustices
- Recognize human differences and instances of social inequity
- Form a working definition of social justice
- Gain understanding of various ways to contribute to social change
- Develop the ability to effectively guide intergroup dialogue
- Assume a sense of social and civic responsibility through involvement in the community
- Acknowledge the impact of one's decisions and actions upon others
- Recognize the interconnectedness of people and society
- Apply new knowledge and skills to future service and service leadership
- Demonstrate a commitment to the education and engagement of others