Alternative Breaks 
This is the perfect short-term volunteer experience, designed  to place teams of college students in communities to engage in community service and experiential learning during their summer, fall, winter, weekend or spring breaks. Alternative Breaks is our flagship and most popular program, year after year. Students perform  projects for community agencies and learn about social issues such as literacy, poverty, racism, hunger, homelessness and the environment. Participants receive a detailed orientation, reflection sessions and Alternative Break

Americorps
We’ve discovered that when given the opportunity to learn and understand community development, a volunteer experience can be very rewarding. The Americorps network of local, state, and national service programs connect more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet the critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment throughout the country. Americorps members  serve with non-profits, public agencies, and faith-based and community organizations.

Community Service
Your volunteer service of a few hours a week will make a difference to people in need. It immerses you in another culture driven by the environment and deepens your understanding of our society in a way that goes beyond your preconceived orientation. You will learn what challenges the communities face and see how your work furthers the community’s goals.  You will also build valuable relationships with the people that you work with each time you serve.  You can make a difference by supporting and contributing to a need in the community that effect the lives of the elderly, homeless, people with disabilities, schools, childcare centers and many other community organizations.

Community Service Work Study
Through the Federal Work-Study Program, students have the opportunity to integrate career exploration and educational experiences with meaningful employment. The CSSLC collaborates with community organizations and other campus units to build long-term partnerships between the university and its surrounding neighborhoods.  Students awarded financial assistance through Federal Work Study may work in local non-profit agencies, including schools to earn their financial award in the community.

National Student Exchange
This  undergraduate exchange program permits full time enrolled students to exchange within the United States and Canada. Students desiring to participate through the NSE, can study for up to one calendar year at nearly 200 participating colleges and universities. Students who qualify, may choose a university with just the right combination of courses, facilities, and environment to meet their academic and personal needs and interests.

Service Ambassador
Students selected to work in the Student Service Ambassador Program in the Community Service/Service Learning Center play a key role in promoting the ethic of service at the university. Service Ambassadors, supervised and supported through the Center, assist in all facets of the various activities, particularly service learning.

Service Learning
Students engage in volunteer service related to a service learning course in which they meet regularly with a faculty member to reflect, discuss and analyze the impact of their issues. Students will think critically about issues of public policy, active citizenship and civic responsibility. Academic credits are issued for successful completion of the service learning course and generally a minimum number of community service hours are required.