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COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES

ABOUT US

Mission

We are students, faculty, and service partners pursuing growth as citizens of a diverse world. Through proximity and dialogue, we are inspired to use our education to serve our community partners and recognize that we can confront and participate in the remediation of the issues that challenge their lives. We seek to become active participants in the world through the integration of weekly service, academic inquiry and communal living.

Students can participate in service learning through Course-Based Service Learning, Service Learning Communities and Service Learning Research and Advocacy.

The Office of Service Learning establishes and maintains relationships with 15 community nonprofit agencies and schools. Communication with our community partners about their needs allows us to seek out the resources and talents of Villanova faculty and students that  will serve and support our partners and create meaningful service opportunities that support classroom learning.

 

Values and Beliefs

WE believe that being of service to others requires consistent presence, intellectual engagement, and a profound love for the world.

WE commit to serving one another as we strive to serve our community partners.

WE believe that everyone’s narrative has inherent value.

WE believe that proximity to others is necessary and participating in honest dialogue critical to our times.

WE believe that transformation is always possible

  • To provide student and faculty with opportunities in the community that enhance their civic responsibility while also helping them become much more self-aware
  • To give students a platform to directly impact communities and make a life-long commitment to helping the underserved anywhere in the world
  • To learn the importance of action, reflection and reciprocity as they relate to both Catholic faith and the University’s mission
  • To develop the leadership skills required to be fair, decisive and open-minded in any situation, even the uncomfortable ones

Office of Service Learning
St. Augustine Center for the Liberal Arts
Villanova University
800 Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, PA 19085

Noreen Cameron, Director
SAC Room 386
(610) 519-4602

Mary Aiello, Administrative Assistant
SAC Room 385
(610) 519-4602

COLLEGE GUIDING PRINCIPLES

An aerial view of the seal and spiral staircase in the St. Augustine Center.

COLLEGE MISSION

Edward Fierros, PhD, associate dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, talks with a student.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

Two students conduct research in the field.

SUSTAINABLITY