Service-learning at William Jewell College is a curriculum-based pedagogy in which students are actively involved in service that is integral to their learning. The goal of service-learning is to enhance knowledge gain, engage critical thinking and reflection and promote concern for the common good. The focus of the service component is individuals and communities that represent the diversity inherent in the world.

Service-Learning is not only service to the community, but includes a learning component so that specific coursework is incorporated into the service and supplemented with ongoing reflection. The purpose of Service-Learning is to give students the opportunity to apply their skills and coursework while providing a meaningful service to the local community and meeting course objectives.

Why Service-Learning?
We at William Jewell College are committed to fulfilling our promise:

Our Promise
William Jewell College is a campus of achievement that promises to offer students an outstanding liberal arts education with a focus on cultivating leadership, service and spiritual growth within a community inspired by rigorous intellectual challenges and Christian ideals.  

Comments or Questions?
The Service-Learning office can be contacted at servicelearning@william.jewell.edu or from the WJC campus at extension 5052. The direct number is (816) 415-7504.