Introduction to Service-Learning Center

Chung Yuan Christian University is founded on the spirit of Christian love for the world. With faith, hope, and love, we endeavor to promote higher education. In order to encourage teachers and students to care the society with “Love and Profession” and enable the students to demonstrate “Knowledge-action Integration” in the process of “Learning by Doing”, the University set up the “Office of Service-Learning Project” in March 2007, which was renamed to the “Service-Learning Center” in March 2008” dedicated to promoting the “Service-Learning” courses and projects systematically and continuously, and also recommending the University’s students to participate social services, fulfill civic responsibility and train their core competency for employment.

Difference between “Service-Learning” and “volunteer”

The difference between Service-Learning and volunteer resides in the “introspection” element added into the “Service-Learning”.  By stages of “preparation”, “service”, “introspection” and “celebration/sustainability”, the effect and correlation between service providers and service recipients will be reviewed systematically, and the future objectives and actions will be developed based on the introspection. Meanwhile, “Service-Learning” may train the students’ multidisciplinary competency and diversified thoughts and upgrade the students’ key competency for employment effectively.

Welcome everyone to the CYCU Service-Learning Center 

“CYCU Service-Learning Center” is situated at 1F of Zhongzheng Building.  Every freshman of CYCU is welcomed to visit the Service-Learning Center frequently to know about and participate in the Service-Learning altogether.　

I would like to participate domestic Service-Learning activities, but I have no idea about where I can provide services. Will the University provide budget or subsidies?

The Service-Learning Center will post the latest information about recruitment of volunteers and subsidies on the Center’s website (http://sl.cycu.edu.tw) or CYCU Service-Learning FB fanpage (https://goo.gl/pxzWB3).  You are welcomed to keep following up and making good use of the information!

I would like to participate overseas Service-Learning activities, but I have no idea about how I should start. Will the University provide budget or subsidies?

The Service-Learning Center will recruit overseas Service-Learning volunteers at the end of each year, and provide systematic training courses. For the time being, the locations where the Center is leading the team to provide services are Cambodia, Myanmar and the Republic of El Salvador. Meanwhile, the Center will provide students with the subsidies for voluntary participating in overseas Service-Learning activities.  The students may access the “Overseas Service-Learning” section on the CYCU Service-Learning Center’s website (https://goo.gl/XTsUfz) or CYCU Service-Learning FB fanpage (https://goo.gl/pxzWB3) for details. Please take the chance and file the application actively, as you may get across the borders and changed your “vision” via the overseas Service-Learning activities.

What I should prepare before the Service-Learning?

The Service-Learning Center will organize the volunteer basic training and volunteer special training at 1st and 2nd semesters of each year to enable the students to know about what they should prepare before the Service-Learning. The Center may help participants apply for the volunteer service log at any time, accumulate their service hours and enhance their software power for employment.

I would like to access more diversified experience in Service-Learning and increase my strength in Service-Learning.  Does the Service-Learning Center provide any reference resources?

The Service-Learning Center’s library provides multiple books and DVD about the topics of Service-Learning and volunteer.  You are welcomed to loan the same with the Service-Learning Center. The Service-Learning bimonthly publication released by the Center collects the information and results about Service-Learning inside and outside the University.  You are welcomed to download the same from the “Service-Learning Bimonthly” section on the CYCU Service-Learning site (https://goo.gl/Tp4xZE), or claim the same at the Service-Learning Center (1F of Zhongzheng Building), Office of Student Affairs (3F of Dickson Lee Hall), Administration and Service Center (1F of Dickson Lee Hall), Happy Learning Garden, Center for Teacher Education, and the multimedia center at 2F of the Holistic Complex to surf the brilliant stories about Service-Learning easily.

I have so much passion to engage in Service-Learning, but have no budget.  Does the Service-Learning Center provide any subsidies for it?

The Service-Learning Center provides the subsidies applicable to the University’s teachers and students.  Please visit CYCU Service Learning Center’s website (http://sl.cycu.edu.tw), or CYCU Service-Learning FB fanpage(https://goo.gl/pxzWB3) for details.  Never give up your idea about Service-Learning simply because of short of subsidies, please hurry to control the resources and make your Service-Learningdream come true.

How to develop and spread the Service-Learning results? Is any Service-Learning incentive mechanism available ?

The Service-Learning Center will organize the “Holistic Caring Award” competition, the highest honor for Service-Learning awarded by the CYCU, in June of each year.  The students who have participated in Service-Learning or volunteer service activities are welcomed to join the competition actively. The Service-Learning website will also post the messages about any Service-Learning competitions outside the University.  Please visit the Service-Learning website and FB fanpage more!

CYCU Service-Learning Center Website

CYCU Service-Learning FB Fanpage

CYCU Service-Learning Bimonthly Publications