Service Learning

For Students

‌Students can experience learning that has the potential to be "life-changing." Often there are opportunities to interact with individuals and situations in the community in ways that could never occur in a classroom setting. Students involved in service learning are more engaged in their education and receive an enhanced academic, cultural and social perspective. Reflection is a critical component of the service learning experience.

Information

• Karen Arnie
  Director of Internships, Service Learning, and Employer Engagement
  Career Services Center
  Lib Jackson Student Union A203
  843-349-2559
  karnie@coastal.edu

Benefits:

• Builds on knowledge and skills relevant to the student’s academic program.
• Develops a higher level of comprehension in connecting classroom theory with practice.
• Requires students to compare and contrast expected learning to their actual learning.
• Provides opportunities to learn from individuals of different ethnic, social, lifestyle and educational backgrounds.
• Develops enhanced leadership and empathetic skills.
• Provides a platform for students to re-evaluate their attitudes, values, prejudices, and beliefs about the world in which they live.

 Forms

• Service Learning Agreement
• Service Learning Time Log
• Service Learning Evaluation
• Service Learning Etiquette

To access a list of community service sites and opportunities, please click here.