At Hobart and William Smith Colleges, a liberal arts education is more than a major and a minor and fulfilling the 8 Goals. It is about producing graduates who have the experience and skills to become active citizens who are engaged leaders in their communities. The Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning is at the heart of this enterprise. The Center stands for learning through service that produces students who are civically engaged and graduates who are active, global citizens. It does this by providing the opportunities that help students build the skills necessary for active citizenship.
Through HWS Compassstudents are encouraged to explore the many facets of service to society. A three tiered program, Compass provides experiences in Community Service, Civic Engagement, and Civic Leadership that chart the course to a life of Engaged Citizenship. Students are connected with service and engagement opportunities on-campus, in the area surrounding Geneva, outside the local region and even internationally. These experiences are meant to help students develop citizenship skills such as leadership, self-awareness, and recognizing societal needs while making a material change that will help meet identified community needs.
A major component of these experiences is academic and co-curricular service-learning, linking the service activity to intentional reflection that clearly places the service in a larger context, whether that is with classroom content or experiencing first hand the response to Hurricane Katrina.
Averell Bauder '81 directs the center assisted by Associate Director Katie Flowers; VISTA Angelica Johnson, Jumpstart Site Manager Christie Torruella, several Bonner Leaders and a work-study staff. The office maintains and is continually enlarging a database containing information on a wide range of organizations in the area in need of volunteers.
Please refer to the links to gain further information about the Centers programs and offerings.
Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning
Trinity Hall
Geneva, NY 14456
Phone: (315) 781-3825
E-mail: serve@hws.edu Mailing
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Ave Bauder
'81
Director
Katie
Flowers
Associate Director
Angelica
Johnson
AmeriCorps VISTA
Christie
Torruella
Jumpstart Geneva Coordinator
Suzanne
Perry
Office Support Specialist