In addition, each year instructors of various courses throughout the curriculum design community work projects with their students. The Myth and the Journey . It is the goal of the Community Service Program to add at least one new service-learning course each year. Many instructors encourage students to become involved in service to complement their classroom work. For instance language teachers highlight service projects that work with native Russian, Italian, German, and Spanish speakers.
Students also make their own connections between their academic work and community involvement.
Nutrition, algebra skills, immigration, public housing, data bases, and rites of passage are all topics from biology, math, history, computer science, and English that students encounter when working in the community. Independent Projects provide another way for students to combine work in the community with their academics. Each year a few students design projects through academic departments that combine topics of interest and community projects.