COMMUNITY & VOLUNTEER SERVICES
Student Group Service Proposal
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS
Community & Volunteer Services
Benefits of Service
Students involved in volunteer, community service and service learning have:- Improved academic learning skills and improvement in grades
- Increased civic and democratic participation
- Improved critical thinking skills
- Greater understanding of diversity issues
- Improvement in interpersonal skills (includes self discovery)
- Improved degree and career planning
- Improved retention and expedited graduation
- Improved leadership skills
- Greater impact on (ability/interest in solving) social problems
- A gain in valuable work experience
- Improvement in class attendance
- Greater satisfaction with college experience
- Improved relationships with faculty when involved in service-learning
- Ability to apply what students have learned in “the real world”
- Improved sense of social responsibility and citizenship skills
- Improved health
For more information about how you can LEAD*SERVE*LEARN contact the Center for Leadership and Service at 908-737-5170.
