Service Learning Students

Would you like to serve meals at community dinners, teach poetry with at-risk youth and the elderly, or harvest food in organic gardens? All of these activities are examples of service learning, an innovative approach to learning that encourages students to make connections between college and community and between self and others.  

Service learning at Lane combines classroom instruction with community service to encourage student success and civic awareness. Classes provide structured time for students to reflect on their service and learning experiences through a mix of writing, reading, speaking, listening, and creating in small and large groups. Based on a reciprocal relationship in which the service reinforces the learning and the learning strengthens the service, service-learning provides students with opportunities to use newly acquired skills and knowledge in real-life situations. Faculty members across disciplines incorporate service-learning activities as part of their course requirements. For more information, contact Jennifer von Ammon at vonammonj@lanecc.edu

"If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
--Mother Teresa