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Service Learning

Welcome to Service Learning at Alma College!

     Service Learning is located in the Kirk Center of the Chapel (989) 463-7366.

 

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 College students have the ability to design their own area of academic concentration, with the assistance of a faculty advisor, to meet specific educational or career goals. In recent years, students have graduated with Programs of Emphasis majors in such fields as arts management, archaeology and anthropology, environmental policy and community advocacy, Foreign Service and international law, and music technology and digital media.

 

Student Profile

Melissa Boguslawski

Melissa Boguslawski
Graduation: 2008
Major: Exercise Health Science, Chemistry
From: Madison Heights, Michigan
Interests: Sports, Heritage

Alma students are good stewards of the world around them. Whether cleaning a long-neglected Jewish cemetery in Poland or the Pine River in our backyard, you can be involved in service projects through classroom work or volunteer activities. Your education is personalized to your talents and interests to prepare you for service, leadership and stewardship.