How Can You Make a Difference?
So, what issue are you passionate about? How can you make a difference in your community? Here are some resources to guide you.
Service LearningService learning is a way for you to apply what you are learning in class and give back to your community at the same time. You may engage in service learning as part of a traditional course or in the form of an internship or cooperative education experience. Check out the website of the Corporation for National and Community Service for some ideas.
- Cooperative Education/Internships at UMUC
- Student Clubs and Organizations including academic clubs, honor societies, leadership opportunities, student government
- Pi Gamma Mu – the international honor society for the social sciences
- Maryland Theta chapter (e-mail marylandtheta@umuc.edu for additional information)
- Sigma Phi Omega – the national honor and professional society for gerontology
- Upsilon Chi chapter (e-mail spo@umuc.edu for additional information)