Engagement and Service
W&L学生积极参与莱克星顿和罗克布里奇县社区. 例子包括在当地学校做家教,为医院提供口译服务, 从帮助仁人家园建造房屋到在当地的家庭暴力庇护所工作.
对服务的承诺也延伸到课堂上,通过一些 service-learning courses in which community service is integrated with instruction and reflection.
Campus Kitchen
The Campus Kitchen at W&L通过为罗克布里奇县社区的低收入成员提供均衡膳食,与饥饿作斗争,促进营养. The program educates W&L students by providing opportunities for leadership, engaging a distinctive population in our community, initiating nutrition programs in the community, promoting awareness of nutrition and hunger issues, and stimulating research on hunger. 一年级学生可以通过#饥饿斗士计划参与校园厨房.
The Bonner Program
邦纳计划是一个独特的领导力发展计划,为学生在服务和公民参与的兴趣. 该计划是基于这样一种信念,即学生有愿望和能力通过他们的社区服务留下持久和独特的贡献. 邦纳计划为学生提供继续参与社区服务的框架, 同时提供财政支持,帮助他们更负担得起教育. 邦纳斯承诺在四年的大学课程中接受1800小时的服务和领导力培训.
The Nabors Service League
Nabors服务联盟是一个由学生管理的社区服务组织,致力于促进和鼓励服务精神,并将服务与学习联系起来. In addition to connecting W&L students with local agencies through community-wide service days, the NSL team sponsors alternative break trips over Reading Days, Washington Break and Spring Break. First-years can get involved in NSL as members of the Good Nabors Program.
Campus Garden
W&L's Campus Garden, located on back campus, is always open for student volunteers or paid workers, depending on your needs. Work includes planting, weeding, watering, 收获的农产品将捐给餐饮服务和校园厨房/石桥地区救济协会.
English Speakers of Other Languages
W&L的ESOL分会通过英语辅导课程促进莱克星顿和罗克布里奇县的交流, translations, interpretations, and community events. 此外,ESOL还组织到莫雷洛斯州港和瓜达拉哈拉的海外服务学习之旅.
Community-Academic Research Alliance
社区学术研究联盟(CARA)支持W&L students, Rockbridge地区的教授和非营利组织来解决紧迫的社区挑战, where projects are aimed at meeting urgent needs identified by the community. Through CARA, 社区合作伙伴被视为共同教育者,参与研究项目的不同阶段, including defining the research question, participating in its design and implementation, and shaping the final deliverable.
Volunteer Venture Pre-Orientation
志愿创业是一个为期一周的面向新生的服务学习预培训项目. 该项目向学生介绍太阳城集团周边城市的贫困主题&L: Education and Policy; Coal Mining, Nutrition and the Environment; Setting Sights on Civil Rights; Building a Home; Poverty and Health Care; Urban Poverty; and Hunger and Homelessness. Students will become a part of these communities for a week, living, learning, and working with the individuals they serve.
Sustainability
Our Sustainability Pre-Orentiation trip, which dives into a daily theme around sustainable development, energy and climate change, food sources, equitable food access, and nutrition. Building off that experience, 我们的环境研究服务学习计划为学生提供了在获得课程学分的同时参与当地社区可持续发展措施的机会.
In the Community
Global Service House
全球服务中心是一个以学生和服务为导向的全球中心,为国际主义提供了一个焦点, a locale for increased cross-cultural engagement, and a visible home for service activity.
Service- Oriented
Wanting to give back.