Each year, 80 Villanova University sophomores participate in the service learning community by mentoring and tutoring middle school students in Philadelphia. These students live in the same dorm and take two common courses on ethics during their sophomore year. Engineering students "coach" the students in an after-school science and math program at Cooke Middle School for fifth to ninth grades.

Students are expected to complete approximately 30 hours of service over the course of the semester which usually amounts to a weekly commitment of three hours, including travel time. During the spring semester, engineering students also participate as mentors in the VESTED-Mentor Program where they deliver an innovative technology education program for high school students. The mission of this program is to increase technical literacy and provide students with valuable, real world experience in technology.