Abbreviation CSL Website RCCSL | Affiliations Jesuit, Catholic | |
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Location Regis University, Denver Directors Paul Burson
Melissa Nix
Kathryn Redmond | ||
Regis College Center for Service Learning (CSL) at Regis University, Denver, Colorado, facilitates student voluntary service, the development of service learning components in coursework, and placement among the needier members of society for those with work study awards. These are essential components of the University's mission to train men and women for others.
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Mission
CSL has as its mission to assist students to find their talent or ability to impact the community for the better. Beyond narrower course objectives, the program aims to broaden students' understanding of social justice issues at the local level and beyond. With a view to the background of most of the students at the University, students are placed in situations of direct contact with the marginalized, to acquaint them with structures that deprive people of the full opportunity to develop their potential. These goals are in line with the Regis University's vision of training men and women for others. The Templeton Guide placed Regis among the top 100 universities and colleges that "Encourage Character Development."
Volunteer program sampling
Service-learning courses
The Center facilitates a service-learning program, which involves 10 different areas of study as well as seminar classes and immersion trips. A sampling would include Criminology, Globalization, Ecology & Responsibility; Juvenile Justice; Refugees, Resettlement & Resources; Environmental Ethics; and Teach our Children Well, and includes a Service Learning Program. In one course, groups of three visit an Hispanic immigrant family for 2 hours weekly and are immersed in the realities of the immigrant life. Service learning opportunities are open also to those in the government work study program.
En/Route is an alternative program for freshmen at Regis, consisting in four linked courses: in fall the writing seminar "Writing for Social Justice"; in spring either "Philosophical Explorations" or "Speech Communication"; and in both semesters "Service/Community-Based Learning". All elements are meant to assist students to form a critical view of "the good life", integrating the Jesuit ideal of "eloquentia perfecta" with that of forming men and women for others.
Community-based work study
CSL assists students to find meaningful work to fulfil their state or federal work study requirement, gaining experience that may influence their career choice or broaden their understanding of the possibilities in their chosen career. Placements are available with children and with the poor, with the homeless and with the elderly, and with other groups of needy people.