Community Partners

If you are a community partner and would like to partner with Whitworth students here are two levels of partnership available:

• Affiliate level: post on website, host Community Building Day projects and other episodic service events. This level of partnership is quick to set up with low maintenance. 
• Co-Educator level: work with community engaged courses, faculty scholarship, project-based groups. This level of partnership ensures higher investment of Whitworth human assets to work with your organization, but it requires a higher level of maintenance and oversight. 

Community engagement is a teaching approach that integrates academic instruction with community service that engages students in civic responsibility, critical and creative thinking, and structured reflection.

If you are interested in connecting with students and advertising service opportunities, please go to our website Whitworth Serves, serve.whitworth.edu. Contact us in the Dornsife Center for Community Engagement if you have any questions!

Information

• Resource Guide for Community Agencies New to Service-Learning
• Benefits of Service-Learning

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I know if I am ready for service-learning students at my agency

Use our Agency Quiz to determine your agency's preparedness for taking on students as volunteers.

Who do I contact with a one-time, short-term volunteer request?

Contact the Dornsife Center for Community Engagement at 509.777.4279 and we will work with you to identify the best course of action.

What is community-based research and how can it benefit my agency?

Community-based research (CBR) is a contribution of faculty and student resources of the college to community agencies and organizations. CBR is knowledge created through research with and for the community to address a need or answer a question that is generated by the community. CBR projects are undertaken in academic courses or through independent studies. CBR projects are completed with reports to the community. Agencies may benefit from research that helps them to improve their understanding of their service populations, the effectiveness of their programs, their demographics, their funding and potential partnerships in the community.

For more information on community-based research, click here.

Please help us to identify your research needs. Complete this worksheet and someone from Partners in Campus and Community Engagement will follow up with you.