Service learning

More than just an opportunity to give back to the community, service-learning is a class assignment that helps students think in a different way about the course content while cultivating a sense of civic responsibility. Several courses which use a service-learning experience are the junior-level general education course Issues in Modern America, Introduction to Social Work and several of the honors courses.

At the beginning of our spring term 2010, approximately 40 students participated in a Service Learning Fair and will be working at Allen County Health Partners, Big Brothers Big Sisters, City Mission of Findlay, Elm Street Church of the Brethren, Maple Crest Senior Living Village, Mennonite Memorial Home, Rally Point Youth Center in Lima and the W.O.R.T.H. Center.

At Bluffton, you’ll also have the opportunity to volunteer in the community through several student life organizations, such as Diakonia and Habitat for Humanity.