The Purdue Office of Engagement seeks a quarter-time (0.25 FTE, 10 hours per week) graduate administrative / professional assistant to provide administrative support for the Director of ...

Emma Pickering wanted to use her love of painting to help children from low-income families express themselves through art. As a child, Ms. Pickering was able to paint because of an aunt who gave her ...

Three-thousand California college students are each committing 450 volunteer hours with non-profit organizations in their communities this coming school year. At University of the Pacific in Stockton, ...

Academic departments at Wagner collaborate with community agencies to deepen students’ volunteerism Stuffing envelopes instills many qualities: humility, patience, tough fingers, and a pasty tongue.

As a pregnant teenager and school dropout, Isis Martinez could have abandoned educational hope and purpose. Instead, she found a school designed to make education come alive for her. She learned ...

Authentic learning by doing is the goal that’s being achieved by the 92 students who are part of Perry High School’s Service Learning program. Fairport Harbor, Perry schools change plans for students ...

Service learning is an educational program that integrates community service with classroom instruction to enhance learning, teach civic responsibility and strengthen communities. For the chemical ...

After a half-century, Boston College’s signature service learning program is more popular than ever. It all started with a phone call in 1969. Joe Fitzpatrick, president of the student government, had ...

“Picking up trash on a riverbank is service. Studying water samples under a microscope is learning. When science students collect and analyze water samples, document their results, and then present ...

ABOUT UNITED PLANET United Planet is a non-profit organization with a mission to create a global community, one relationship at a time. Established in 2001, United Planet offers personalized, ...

When he is in Indonesia this summer, Kevin Van Harn will try to remember not to point with his finger. “It’s very disrespectful,” said Van Harn, a 21-year-old Calvin senior majoring in secondary ...