Our mission is to offer students and employees opportunities to engage in experiences that address human and community needs together with structured opportunities for critical reflection designed to promote student-learning and development.
Service-learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful service with academic study and reflection to enrich the learning experience, build civic responsibility and strengthen communities. Students apply their academic skills and knowledge to address real-life needs in their own communities.
There are opportunties in local schools, child care centers, hospitals, and community-based and faith-based organizations for students to both learn and serve through this hands-on approach. The core concept driving this educational strategy is that combining service objectives and learning objectives results in a radically effective transformative method of teaching students. Find out more from organizations like the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse.
As a member of Campus Compact, a national coalition of nearly 1,100 college and university presidentsÔrepresenting approximately 6 million students—Brookhaven College is dedicated to promoting community service, civic engagement and service-learning in higher education.
Brookhaven College is proud to be recognized as a member of the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll from 2007-2010. In 2008, Brookhaven College was one of six colleges and universities across the United States to be awarded the Presidential Award, which is the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to community service.
Contact Andrew Deibert in the Office of Student Life in the Building S, Room S201 to find out more.
Email at bhcservicelearning@dcccd.edu
Phone: 972-860-4703
Fax: 972-860-4737
