Service Learning and Community Action

Associate Director's Welcome

Welcome to the Office of Service Learning and Community Action website! Whether you are a student looking for volunteer opportunities, a community organization seeking volunteers, or a faculty member interested in service learning, this website will be a great resource for you.

The Office of Service Learning and Community Action connects students to community-based projects that capture their interests, advance their learning, and develop their social awareness and responsibility.  Community involvement helps students get to know the diverse Boston community, develop professional skills and relationships, make meaningful contributions of skills and talents, and understand larger social and political issues that affect our society.

Students can get involved through service learning coursework or co-curricular service. Academic courses with service learning components provide opportunities to enhance students’ skills and knowledge in their fields of interest while providing the community with tangible benefits.  There are many ways to get involved in service outside of the classroom as well, including clubs like Imagine and Best Buddies, service work-study opportunities like Jumpstart, special initiatives like Alternative Spring Break or Emerson Action Day, and volunteering with your student club or residential floor.

If you are a faculty member who is interested in integrating service learning into your courses, our faculty resource page is a great starting point for ideas and sample syllabi. Of course, I’d love to meet with you to help identify community partners, assist with the logistical planning, provide examples of reflection assignments, and develop tools for assessing the student and community impact.

Whether you are a student, faculty member, or community partner, the Office of Service Learning is here to serve as a resource to you.  After you have explored our site, please call or email for further support in exploring community service. I also encourage you to sign up for our weekly e-newsletter to learn about upcoming volunteer opportunities, and to check out our newsletter archives to learn more about our students, events, and programs.   Thank you for your interest in community service!

Sincerely,

Jen Greer, Associate Director of Service Learning