Service Learning

Welcome to Service Learning at Alma College!

Programs and Opportunities available to students interested in service, volunteerism, and civic engagement include:

Academic Service Learning Courses: courses that include meaningful community service, a clear connection between course objectives and service activities and structed opportunities for reflection for the enhancement of academic learning.

Community Service Workstudy: off campus opportunities with non-profit and service organizations.

Michigan Campus Compact: Alma College is a member of the Michigan Campus Compact (MCC). MCC supports community service and service learning that leads students to develop a life-long service ethic. Students may become involved in the Student Community Action Network, Service Leadership Camp, and various service learning grant opportunities.

Service Organizations: Alpha Phi Omega (national service fraternity) and other student organizations are engaged in service and volunteerism.

Service House: 619 W. Center Street, small housing opportunity for students interested in living with other students engaged in service.

Tutoring Network: mentoring and tutoring opportunities available through email listserv.

Alma’s close faculty-student interaction provides numerous benefits such as the ability to do undergraduate research on a graduate level. Alma’s professors treat students more as peers welcoming student input and collaboration on faculty projects. When students are involved in research, faculty aggressively pursue publication of findings including students as co-authors.