Community Service

As a recognized leader in career education, we encourage you to apply leadership and career skills to real-life community settings. An important part of our approach is to teach and motivate you to understand the role you play as a citizen through the work of community building and problem solving.

During the 2008-2009 academic year the JWU community performed nearly 160,000 hours of service work. Community Service-Learning (CSL) is an educational program that integrates community service and academics. The service that you perform is tied to a particular course or internship, which furthers your learning by applying these skills in the real world and helps nonprofit agencies by providing targeted assistance. By integrating theoretical and academic foundations with hands-on exposure and real-life experience, you'll learn concrete skills for your chosen profession while you earn your degree.

Other opportunities for gaining field experience exist through involvement in Greek life, national student organizations (NSO) or student activities.

A College with a Conscience
JWU has long been recognized for its long-standing commitment to community service in the Princeton Review College Guide's Colleges with a Conscience. Only 81 colleges nationwide have received this distinction. Additionally, for two years running, all 4 JWU campuses have been named to the national President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, a federal initiative promoting the engagement of colleges and universities in their communities.

Learn more about the community service programs on our four campuses, Providence, North Miami, Denver and Charlotte.