Come Serve with Us in 2024-2025!
All students are invited to consider applying to be a part of the Service-Immersion Program.
In addition to the travel during spring break, groups meet regularly before departure and after returning as part of one-credit courses associated with this program.
Information Sessions and Application
Key Dates
- September 1: Application Form Opens
- October 11: Applications Due (Form Closes)
- October 15-25: Interviews for Trip Participants
- November 1: Trip Participants Chosen and First Meetings Scheduled
- March 6: Sending Forth Service (12 P.M., CH Foyer)
- March 8-March 15: Spring Break Trips
- April 3: Annual Regalos Fundraiser and Celebration
2024-2025 Service Sites
Civil Rights Pilgrimage (Atlanta, Georgia and Alabama)
Now in its fifth year, this unique experience is co-sponsored by the Center for Inclusive Excellence, the Humanities Department, and the Center for Ministry and Service.
Members of this group will travel to Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia to learn about the challenges and heroism of the Civil Rights Movement and explore current challenges and the important anti-racism and civil rights work being done today. They will also spend time volunteering in the communities they visit.
Mustard Seed Community (Dominican Republic)
Members of this group will travel to the Mustard Seed Community in the Dominican Republic, which serves children who have been abandoned by their families and who have special needs.
The trip will include tangible work projects to contribute to the residential care program and the opportunity to explore a different country and culture, as well as opportunities for daily prayer and reflection, while maintaining an inclusive and ecumenical approach. Mustard Seed Communities’ mission program exposes volunteers to the reality of poverty in the developing world and to the lives of people with disabilities.
Mustard Seed Community (Jamaica)
Members of this group will travel to the Mustard Seed Community in Jamaica, which serves children who have been abandoned by their families and who have special needs.
The trip will include tangible work projects to contribute to the residential care program and the opportunity to explore a different country and culture, as well as opportunities for daily prayer and reflection, while maintaining an inclusive and ecumenical approach. Mustard Seed Communities’ mission program exposes volunteers to the reality of poverty in the developing world and to the lives of people with disabilities.
