Vance teaches nursing students to be caring and skilled practitioners in the classroom and in local medical facilities but also believes students benefit from international experience. In collaboration with faculty from the Patton College of Education and the Ohio University Tropical Disease Institute, he offers students the opportunity to achieve learning goals while providing meaningful services to the community. In May, students participated in a two-week service learning experience in Ecuador. Vance hopes to lead a multidisciplinary group of students to Ecuador in 2014 on a service-learning program.