Experiential education involves students stepping out of their comfort zone, taking risks, working in a community, and learning to assume responsibility. Because of this, experiential education teaches to a wide variey of learning styles and types of intelligences. The Experiential Education Office also is an experiential learning resource center for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the community. Experiential learning at Keuka occurs in the classroom, in co-curricular activities, in the workplace and in the community. The goal at Keuka is to produce graduates who are life-long learners able to apply their learnings and skills in a rapidly changing world for career satisfaction and for a better community.
Nothing is ever real until it is experienced.
The benefits of Field Period to our students are immeasurable. It is without doubt the single biggest competitive advantage our students enjoy. Field Period is a minimum 140 hour field experience. As a student initiated and directed three credit class, it includes self assessment, designing a learning contract, reflection synthesis, and assessment. The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.