News Note: Mount Mary College was recently named on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. In addition to recognizing colleges with excellent service learning programs, this year's awards highlight service programs dedicated to rebuilding areas affected by the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. Read the press release.

“This new recognition program is designed to increase public awareness of the contributions that college students are making within their local communities and across the country through volunteer service,” according to the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse web site.

This is the first year of the recognition program. It is sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, the USA Freedom Corps, and the U.S. Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development. Find out more -

• Read the complete article from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
• See the list of Wisconsin schools listed on the honor roll
• View the entire list of schools honored

Service Learning in a Nutshell: Service learning combines community service and in-class learning objectives with the goal that both the recipient and the provider of the service will positively benefit from a mutually meaningful and productive experience. This outcome is achieved through self-reflection, self-discovery, and the acquisition and comprehension of values, skills, and knowledge. Find out more at www.servicelearning.org

Unique to Mount Mary: Mount Mary's service learning experience is unique in that all student service learners are coming out of one specific class, particular to the mission and values of the College. Find out more about Leadership for Social Justice Seminar.

Mission Statement of the Service Learning Program at Mount Mary College: The Service Learning Program at Mount Mary College provides educational experiences emphasizing social justice in partnership with community organizations addressing diverse social needs throughout greater Milwaukee. Inspired by Catholic social teachings, and our founding mothers, the School Sisters of Notre Dame, service-learning at Mount Mary College aims to serve the surrounding community, while fostering the spiritual and intellectual development of students, faculty, staff, and alumnae as we strive for compassionate understanding, knowledge, experience, and positive change for a more just society.

Top Five Reasons Why Service Learning Is Good For You:

• Your service work will help you more fully understand what you are studying in Leadership for Social Justice Seminar.
• You will gain professional skills valuable to future employers.
• You will network with new people and encounter new ideas.
• You will learn how to relate course content to “real world” concerns and issues.
• You will be part of the solutions to some of our community’s most pressing problems.

Service Learning Office:

Paige Conley, Service Learning Coordinator
Mount Mary College
2900 N. Menomonee River Parkway
Milwaukee, WI 53222-4597
(414) 258-4810, ext. 265

Find out more:

Service Learning at Mount Mary College
Leadership for Social Justice Seminar
Service Learning Sites
Service Learning Coordinator
Service Learning at Mount Mary - Info Packet
Online Resources