Establishment of the Service-Learning Center

Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU) was 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 about society using love and professionalism and to allow students to demonstrate integrate learning through our process called “Learning by Doing”, CYCU set up the Service Learning Project Office in March 2007, which was re-named the “Service-Learning Center” in March 2008. It is dedicated to promoting “service learning” courses and projects systematically and continuously, and promoting CYCU students to participate in social services, to fulfill civic responsibility, thereby developing their core competencies for future employment.

Undertaking of “Taolian Youth Volunteer Service Center” of Youth Development Administration, Ministry of Education

From 2019 to the present day, the Service-Learning Center has run the Taolian Youth Volunteer Service Center of the Youth Development Administration, Ministry of Education, aiming to build a youth-friendly volunteer service resources platform in Taoyuan and working with schools, associations, and organizations in Taoyuan to encourage the youth to participate in volunteer services, while adding spirit and motivation to volunteer services in Taoyuan. A total of 36 cooperating organizations were linked; 1,646 youth volunteers were trained, and 6,654 youth volunteers were matched.

“Youth Volunteer Placement Service” of Department of Youth Affairs of Taoyuan City Government

Furthermore, since 2020, the Service-Learning Center has also participated in the “Youth Volunteer Placement Service” of the Department of Youth Affairs of Taoyuan City Government, and is dedicated to encouraging CYCU youth volunteers to complete the volunteer service basic training and special training programs and obtain the volunteer service log, in order to improve students’ service learning skills and abilities. We work with the Department of Youth Affairs to call on more young people to become volunteers/.

“Always at your side helping your grow “ is the philosophy of the Service-Learning Center, since we believe that your true value can be achieved and realized by you alone, and the Service-Learning Center serves as a reliable and strong companion supporting you during your university studies.

The logo of the Service-Learning Center is composed of five main elements: the colors of earth brown representing learning, fresh green representing innovation, lively red representing passion, warm yellow representing care, and ocean blue representing professionalism. We expect to learn comprehensively, develop professionalism, provide care in the way the warm sunlight of spring nurtures blossoming flowers, and do all this to cultivate creativity across different fields and give students the tools and desire to illuminate the world.

Accordingly, we have prepared the Professional Service Learning Curriculum, Diverse Service Learning Activities and University Service Learning Blueprint as valuable tools of support and motivation as you strengthen the building blocks of your future.

• Professional Service Learning Curriculum: Incorporate service learning into the original professional learning curriculum, so you may apply your knowledge and skills in the community to help others!
• Diverse Service Learning Activities: Organize volunteering and learning activities on different themes, allowing students to understand social topics outside the classroom.
• University Service Learning Blueprint: One-year volunteering plan is established, and volunteering missions of different stages are assigned, allowing students to accumulate occupational soft skills from participating on the volunteer team, and acting as a volunteer deputy leader to a service-learning promotion ambassador.