NECESSARY FORMS
•  Service Contract
•  Evaluation by Site Supervisor
•  Evaluation by Student

Letter from the Director

Questions/Concerns contact:
Brett Wilmot, Ph.D.
Associate Director/Coordinator of Service
Ethics Program
Villanova University
610-519-7197
 

One element of the concentration is the completion of at least 100 hours of community service. These 100 hours must be completed at a site approved by the Coordinator of Service of the Ethics Program.
Required service may be done at the same site or at several service experiences.

Normally, the service requirement is completed during the academic year. However, service can be done over the break, in the summer, or overseas. There are many alternatives to satisfying the service requirement. The Service Coordinator is the final arbiter of whether or not a site or option is acceptable.

 A site is approved based on the following two criteria, which are listed in order of importance:

• Service with and for an underserved population or endangered ecosystem, e.g. Hospice Care, Care of Homeless Communities, Habitat for Humanity, Education, Literacy Tutoring, ecological/environmental advocacy, political advocacy, etc.
• The service is connected to the academic track that a student has chosen to pursue.

Site Selection and Service Process

SERVICE SITES
• Ethics and Health Care
• Ethics, Economics and Public Policy
• Ethics, Politics and Law
• Ethical Issues in Science, Technology and the Environment

• Explore this directory for a service site that interests you. 
• Contact the site to pursue the possibility of a volunteer commitment.
• Meet with the Service Coordinator to either confirm a service site listed in this directory or to explore the acceptability of a site suggested by you. Acceptability is determined by the way in which the site reflects the criteria listed above.
• Approach the contact person at the site.
• Draw up a contract with contact person detailing your responsibilities at the service site and the number of hours you desire to work.
• Give original copy of contract to the Service Coordinator, give a copy to the site supervisor, keep a copy.
• Contact Person evaluates you, in writing
• Evaluate your experience at the site, in writing.
• Deliver evaluations to Service Coordinator for service work credit and hours of service record

Service Opportunities

• Office of Mission Effectiveness website for volunteering opportunities
• Villanova Office for International Studies for international opportunities*
• The International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership*

  * All study abroad programs must be approved by the Villanova Office for International Studies.