Through curricular and co-curricular engagement, community-based learning (CBL) connects academics with direct community experience using the mutually beneficial, mutually empowering framework of experiential learning.
CBL allows students to:
Utilizing reciprocal and sustained partnerships that simultaneously meet community needs, CBL offers preparation for citizenship, work, and leading a meaningful life with strong civic and social values. We foster awareness and knowledge to engage cross-culturally and encourage collaborative inquiry into issues of local and global significance.
For students and faculty:
Committed to enhancing Goucher’s academic mission, CBL provides Goucher students with access to volunteer opportunities, student leadership programs, work study opportunities, courses, and more.
Goucher College's Community-Based Learning Program offers opportunities in these areas.
There are many ways to get involved with CBL:
Our programs support organizations throughout Baltimore City and Baltimore County. These opportunities range from weekly and ongoing volunteer programs to credit-bearing Community-Based Learning courses, and also include the community-based programs lead by members of student clubs, athletic teams, and other campus groups. Goucher offers weekly volunteer programs that span from tutoring in Baltimore area schools to organic gardening on local farms.
Please contact community@jsneuro.com if you have any questions about community-based opportunities or would like to know more about a federal work study position within the Community-Based Learning Program. Current open positions are listed on handshake—Goucher College Community-Based Learning.