Service Learning

Service Learning integrates academic study with meaningful community service and advocates volunteerism toward meaningful social causes. Faculty who make service a part of the curriculum and community organizations who provide a learning outlet, allow students opportunities to develop real-world skills while contributing to their communities.

Benefits Include:

Linking classroom instruction to real-world situations
Building your resume
Getting valuable, work related experience
Helping others in your community
Making a difference in someone's life
Enhancing your marketabilty to a future employer, or future educational experience
Networking with colleagues, community partners, and possible future employers
Applying subject matter in the classroom in fresh, relevant ways to the work world Improving interpersonal skills
Developing job skills and reinforcing career choices
Completing applications for job shadowing, mentoring, internships, externships, or employment opportunities
Gaining valuable references
Establishing mentoring connections
Testing various career pathways
Filling gaps in your resume history
Making a career shift
Meeting new people and having new experiences
Gaining life long learning experiences
Getting a societal perspective on real world problems

Contact Information

Troy Nellis, Director of Service Learning
Phone: 763-488-0409
Fax: 763-493-0538
E-mail: tnellis@nhcc.edu
Office: LRC 162

Mission

To connect students, faculty and the community in learning activities that blend classroom instruction with civic responsibility.

Vision

To foster collaboration among students, faculty and the community that enhances the educational process, addresses community needs and builds student life skills.