Service learning gives students the opportunity to work with community organizations, tackling real life issues and gaining course credit in the process. Projects range from developing a business plan for a local not-for-profit, working with foster children to creating energy solutions for a village in Peru.
By the Numbers
50
Service-learning designated courses taught each year at UMass Lowell
1,100
Student engaged annually in the community
100
Community partners helped
Video by Alfonso Velasquez
Assoc. Prof. Bridget Marshall's Disabilities in Literature class focuses on learning outside the classroom during their service learning trip to the Lowell Association for the Blind.
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