Lee University Recognized for Service Program
Lee University was recently accepted into the Guide to Service Learning Colleges and Universities, published by the Student Horizons’ National Advisory Board.
This book will feature colleges and universities from across the nation that stand out in combining community service and academic study which creates an enriched learning experience, instills civic responsibility, and helps build up the community. The president of Student Horizons, Wes Creel, said that Lee has “a very strong and established service learning program.”
“Over the past five years, we have been working very hard at Lee to develop a meaningful service learning program, so we are so pleased to be recognized as a leader in this field,” said Lee’s Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Carolyn Dirksen. “Our program involves a strong partnership between the faculty and the student life staff, and all our students graduate with an understanding of how to use their gifts to make the world a better place.”
Lee’s service learning program began five years ago, requiring all students to complete 80 “service hours” before they graduate as well as taking a class called Biblical and Theological Foundations for Benevolence as freshmen. Students participate in events like “Deke Day,” which sends hundreds of freshmen each fall to local nursing care, assisted living, and retirement facilities to serve and interact with the elderly, and frequent campus-wide service days. The program was also recently recognized by the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the second consecutive year by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
(Source: Lee University Public Information)
