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Dornsife Center for Community Engagement

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Service in Your Class

Various classes at Whitworth may ask you to volunteer as a component of the coursework. This is called community-engaged learning, and at Whitworth, it features four major elements:

  • Integration of service and the curriculum
  • Expanding learning beyond the classroom and into the community
  • Connecting course themes with real-world experiences
  • Ensuring mutual benefit for students, faculty and community partners

Learning outcomes for community-engaged learning courses will include: 

  • Students will be able to articulate one or more needs of the Spokane community and identify one or more factors that create those needs.
  • Students will be able to explain ways that they can have an impact on their community. 
  • Students will be able to apply course content to community-based experiences. 
  • Students will be able to identify a community organization's mission and communicate effectively on its behalf.
  • Students will be able to articulate the different identities and cultural perspectives of community groups. 

The above learning outcomes apply to all service-learning courses at Whitworth University and are derived from the essential learning outcomes of the LEAP initiative.

Student Leadership Positions

Community Engagement Advocates (CEAs) are given a unique opportunity for students to engage in all aspects of developing and implementing programs for service-learning opportunities and experiential education. Students are recruited and trained to lead asset-based programs focused on youth and community development. These programs are designed to integrate community-engaged learning and provide a student-led approach to transforming communities both on and off campus. Student leaders are challenged to grow personally and professionally throughout their work by creating opportunities for fellow students and community members to see themselves as agents of meaningful social change.

Hiring for CEA positions begins in February for the following academic year. All positions will be posted to Handshake as they become available.