Service Learning
As a Case student, you'll be a vital member of our campus community. But you'll also be an active member of the Greater Cleveland, national, and global communities. When you arrive on campus for orientation, you'll join the entire first year class in participating in a massive service project at various locations around Cleveland.
Service and learning go hand in hand at Case. We offer numerous volunteering opportunities connected with your academic interests. What better way to discover whether you really want to go on to medical school or a career in health care than to spend time in a hospital? Case's proximity to the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, the Veteran's Administration hospital, and the Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland makes these opportunities abundant.
Engineering students can take a first year course called Engineering 101, or Community Service Engineering, which combines an intensive hands-on approach to learning engineering principles with a service orientation. Teams of students tackle projects such as building a greenhouse, constructing a water flow diagram for a nature center, and performing a structural analysis of a community center gym floor.
Students interested in education volunteer to tutor students at area schools through the Project Step-Up program. Psychology majors participate in a practicum at University Hospitals. Accounting majors help members of the community decipher their federal tax forms, and other management students assist local non profits with marketing projects.
In addition, many Case students work in one of three different AmeriCorps programs sponsored by our Office of Student Community Service.
