Take a class and combine your learning with volunteer work in the local community!
Students can find Service Learning courses in the Class Schedule by searching for the Attribute "service learning" - they're all coded so you can find them!
The course criteria for Service Learning (SL) courses exemplifies the following definitions of service-learning:
"Service-learning is a credit-bearing, educational experience in which students participate in an organized service activity that meets identified community needs and reflect on the service activity in such a way as to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, and an enhanced sense of civic responsibility."
he Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning. Fall 1995. 112-122.
Service-learning is "an academic program based on the engagement with underserved groups or organizations and projects focused on the common good; structured reflections on service-related as well as discipline specific concerns; and respect for the needs and interests of the community partner."
Senior Associate for Service-Learning Projects at AAHE, Senior faculty Fellow at Campus Compact