Volunteer
Information
Please
contact the
University
of
Hawaii Service Learning Program
through the telephone number or through the email listed
above. Volunteers
will be able to become involved in a variety of UH
service learning projects and programs.
The Program also has access to a large directory
of other community service organizations that are
Native-Hawaiian specific and non Native-Hawaiian
specific.
Additional
Information
Throughout
the country university students are responding to
community needs. While responding, they are actively
applying classroom theory to the challenges they face.
In an effort to create a central office, which would
locate these community needs, inform students of the
needs, and link courses with experiential learning, the
Service Learning Program was established. Other colleges
and universities in
Hawai'i
saw the potential for such a program in July 1994 and,
with UHM President Kenneth Mortimer, joined Campus
Compact, a national service learning organization. Since
joining,
Hawai'i
has formed its own state Compact, with UHM Service
Learning Program serving as the state office. As of June
1995, all
Hawai'i
institutions of higher education have become members of
Hawai'i Campus Compact and have joined to increase the
link between their respective colleges and universities
and their local communities. This process continues
through semesterly state-wide newsletters and grant
opportunities.
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