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Service Learning

Welcome to Service Learning at Alma College!

The Service Learning Office 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 listserve.

 

 

Alma College’s partnership with the Pine River Superfund Citizen Task Force, an EPA-sanctioned Community Advisory Group (CAG), received the 2008 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration, sponsored by Michigan Campus Compact.The Task Force is recognized as one of the most influential and active CAGs nationally and as having the largest membership of any CAG in the United States.

 

Student Profile

Melissa Carstens

Melissa Carstens
Graduation: 2008
Major: Education
From: Marquette, Michigan
Interests: Singing, Dancing

Alma’s off-campus study programs do more than place students in exciting locales to meet interesting people; they also create new opportunities for personal growth and skill development. One of the best ways to learn about other societies and cultures is to study and travel in international settings. You do not always have to know a foreign language.