Service Learning

Service-learning is an important component of Presentation College's extended mission statement. All candidates for the associate and baccalaureate degrees at Presentation College must satisfactorily complete the required and approved service-learning projects with a recognized, official community organization. Service Learning is embedded in the curriculum of RS 293: Christian Ethics and GE 426: Presentation Leadership and Legacy.

This requirement is intended to provide students with an opportunity to serve their community, apply knowledge gained in the classroom, and become informed, active, responsible, and ethical citizens. Service-learning is different from volunteerism. It is anticipated that through these projects and reflection, students will enrich their understanding of the gifts and opportunities they have been given in life and that all persons have an obligation to give back to their communities. Students are placing their gifts and talents at the service of others with no expectation of monetary reward. These interactions add to the richness of the student-learning experience and provide occasions for reflection on life and its meaning. It is our belief that in serving others, we serve God.

Service-learning objectives:

• Connect meaningful service, relevant academic work, and critical reflection.

• Apply knowledge and skills to specific service projects.
• Grow and develop academically, spiritually, and civically.

Any student enrolled in a course that integrates a service-learning project must earn a passing grade for both the academic course and the service-learning project to pass the course and fulfill a service-learning project. Failure of the service-learning project results in automatic failure of the entire course in which the project is embedded.