Mission Statement:
The Office of Community Action & Service-Learning will strive to prepare Westminster students to be thoughtful, concerned, and engaged citizens ready to lead not only in the local community, but also in the global community through:
- Promoting the servant leadership philosophy and the social change model of leadership
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Westminster students in Rwanda as part of Projects for Peace 2008 |
- Fostering respect for the dignity of all persons
- Instilling a dedication of service to others
- Enhancing student learning through community based learning such as service-learning
- Promoting positive community change
- Engaging students, faculty, staff and community organizations in relationships that serve to fulfill Westminster's mission
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Announcements/What's Going On? Fight for the Children:
The votes have been counted and the next
BIG service project for
Westminster is…Fight for the Children!Fighting pediatric disease worldwide, help build a children’s health clinic in Rwanda through a partnership with the Fulton community, tie into the Symposium
http://www.fightforthechildren.org/ 
Year End Wrap UpAs we wrap up this year’s project, Project ONE, we are excited to announce that as a campus
we have completed over 11,000 hours of service and we are still counting!
Community Service Opportunities:
Service-Learning Resources:
Social Justice/CIVICUS
CIVICUS is the building block from which the Westminster's Center for Leadership & Service was created. It is a student-driven program dedicated to developing "leaders of character" through community involvement, learning through service and active citizenship.
Click here to see list Cultural Diversity
The office of Community Action & Service Learning develops programs and experiences to help students learn about and appreciate differences in people, cultures and countrires. "The understanding of cultural diversity is a key element to our students' ability to take the role as leaders in a global community."