RARITAN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAM
CAMPUS COMPACT NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES
1998 SERVICE-LEARNING COLLABORATION AWARD
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Raritan Valley Community College received the prestigious 1998 Service-Learning Collaboration award from the Campus Compact National Center for Community Colleges. This award recognizes the outstanding work of the College’s Service Learning Program with social service organizations in the following areas:
  • Leadership in developing and implementing college and community collaborations
  • Development of quality learning opportunities for community college students through service learning courses and reflection activities
  • Collaborative contributions to the community and the potential for other community colleges to replicate components of the Program.
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Service Learning at Raritan Valley Community College involves students in organized community service that addresses local needs, while developing their academic skills, sense of civic responsibility and commitment to the community. Students enroll in courses designated as service learning, perform community service as part of their coursework and receive academic credit. Students reflect on their experiences through journals, essays, research papers, group discussions and in-class presentations. Service learning is a requirement in over a dozen courses, as well as an optional component, in numerous disciplines across the curriculum.
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PROGRAM PARTICIPATION
The Program began in the Spring of 1993. Since then, it has witnessed dramatic growth and continues to expand each year with increasing numbers of students, faculty and community partnerships. Annual program participation includes:
  • 800 + students enroll in service learning courses
  • 70 faculty members support and teach service learning courses
  • 87 courses offer service learning opportunities
  • 200 community organizations provide service placements
  • 17,000 hours of service are provided to the community
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"Working with two hundred community organizations, students have volunteered more than seventeen thousand hours, giving back to their communities and making a real difference. And the exciting part is that two out of three continue to volunteer after they complete their coursework here [Raritan Valley Community College]. Seeing the spirit of service learning, I have great hope for the future of New Jersey."

Governor Christine Todd Whitman, May 1998
Raritan Valley Community College
Twenty-Ninth Commencement
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For more information on the award-winning Service Learning program,
call or e-mail Lori Moog, (908) 526-1200 ext. 8284.