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THE CENTER FOR SERVICE LEARNING & THE CALL PROGRAM

The Community Action and Lifelong Learning Program was created as a way to connect UWEC students with volunteer service opportunities in the surrounding community. The mission of the program is twofold: Intentional development of the intellectual and ethical dimensions of the individual through community service activity, and provision of access for community organizations and agencies to a large pool of talented, educated potential volunteers.

In 1995, UWEC identified service-learning as an essential component of a comprehensive baccalaureate degree and established the Center for Service-Learning to develop and implement this new requirement for graduation. While CALL and Service-Learning share similar missions and resources, they are stand-alone, independent programs. Although volunteer activities through the CALL program may be adapted into a service-learning project, students completing activities through CALL do not automatically fulfill the service-learning requirement. What follows is an explanation contrasting Service-Learning with the CALL program.

	Service-Learning	CALL Program
PROGRAM COORDINATOR	Donald Mowry Center for Service-Learning Schneider Hall 113A dmowry@uwec.edu 715.836.4649 dmowry@uwec.edu www.uwec.edu/SL/	Paula Stuettgen Activities and Programs Office Davies Center 133 715.836.4803 stuettpj@uwec.edu www.uwec.edu/asp/dc/call/
PROGRAM GOALS	Assist students in meeting an academic requirement for graduation.	Match student, faculty and community volunteers with community needs.
ACADEMIC CREDIT	Non-Credit or credit (associated with an academic class) activity.	Non-Credit activity.
INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED	Student, Faculty/Staff Sponsor, Community Partner (Agency).	Student and Agency.
TYPE OF SERVICE	Assist students, faculty and community partners with developing community service projects that meet identified community needs and make meaningful contributions to student learning.	Any type of volunteer service for non-profit agencies.
PLANNING	Student initiates contact with Community Partner, then develops a project description in consultation with Faculty/Staff Sponsor and Community Partner.	Student contacts Agency through Community Action Day or recruitment notices.
LENGTH OF SERVICE	Minimum of one 30-hour project or two 15-hour projects.	Varied hours of service, from one-time projects to one-year commitment.
REFLECTION	Student meets with Faculty/Staff Sponsor to process learning objectives.	Completed at the Agency's discretion.
EVALUATION OF SERVICE	Community Partner completes evaluation of student and project	Completed at the Agency's discretion.
COMPENSATION	Volunteer or compensated.	Volunteer.

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