Civic Engagement Civic Engagement = Service Learning + Community Service - A learning partnership in the community
Document Your Community Service and Receive an Award from President Barack Obama!
BCC’s Civic Engagement Program has been granted the authority to present a President’s Volunteer Service Award from President Barack Obama to any member of the BCC Community (students, faculty, administrators and staff) who successfully document the completion of a minimum of 100 hours of community service. Select the Forms and Contracts link to access a Community Service Record form to document your service. Select The President's Volunteer Service Award link for more details about the awards available for the various numbers of hours of service.
"We are the ones we have been waiting for."
– Barack Obama, President of the United States of America
SERVE LEARN LEAD Program
What are the Steps for Student Involvement in BCC’s SERVE, LEARN, LEAD Civic Engagement Program?
1. Train to Serve: Students must read the online Pre-Service Training Guide and take the online Pre-Service Self-Test available from the Student page before performing service-learning or community service for the first time at BCC.
2. Serve and Learn: A students who completes Pre-Service Training is eligible to perform unpaid Community Service at a non-profit agency or organization that meets a real need in the community for a minimum of 10 hours during a semester for either Service-Learning or Community Service projects. A student who engages in service learns practical work-related skills while making a real difference in his or her community. Additionally, a student who engages in Service-Learning completes a required reflection activity assigned by the course professor in which he or she links the “hands-on” community service experience with the conceptual material learned in class.
3. Train to Lead: Students who have completed 2 Service-Learning and/or Community Service projects are eligible to particapte in Community Service Leadership Training.
4. Lead: Students who have completed Community Service Leadership Training recruit and help supervise peers performing service for either a Service-Learning or Community Service project.
SERVE LEARN LEAD Program Requirements and Recognition for Completing Each Step.
Where do I start?
We have information for Students, Faculty, Service Club Advisors and Community Partners right here on the web.
What is the next step?
No matter what your interest, contact Dr. Mary Zahm, Director of Civic Engagement, by e-mail at mary.zahm@bristolcc.edu, by FAX at (508) 730-3283, or by phone at (508) 678-2811 x.2579 for more information.
You can get help to think creatively about your goals and to map out ways to use Civic Engagement to achieve them.