Service-learning is a method of teaching that provides opportunities for students to learn and develop through thoughtfully-organized service experiences that:
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are integrated into the curriculum;
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meet the needs of a community;
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provide structured time for critical, reflective thinking;
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help foster civic responsibility.
Service-learning is a form of experiential learning that engages students in their own education and fosters lifelong connections between students, their communities, and the world outside the classroom.
A specific action step in the College’s Strategic Plan is “to establish ways to encourage and provide experiential learning opportunities for students within programs and academic departments. The College promotes the idea that learning can be “transformational” and that it is through a combination of theory and practice that students realize this ideal.
For more information about service-learning at Baldwin-Wallace, please contact:
Mila P. Cooper
Director of Community Outreach & Service-Learning
(440) 826-2403
mcooper@bw.edu
275 Eastland Rd.