The Office of Student Leadership & Engagement acts as the bridge between your academic
life and your professional future. It isn’t just a department; it’s a laboratory where
you can test-drive different versions of yourself as a leader, advocate, and community
member.
Core Pillars of Engagement
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Skill Mastery: Move beyond "being the boss" to master specific competencies like conflict
resolution, strategic planning, and public speaking through hands-on workshops.
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Goal Alignment: Work with mentors to set personal benchmarks, ensuring your extracurricular
activities translate into a professional portfolio that appeals to future employers.
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Institutional Impact: Drive change by participating in College Governance (SGA), enhancing
Campus Lifethrough student-led clubs, and fostering Community Enrichment via service-learning
projects.
How to Get Involved
The Office of Student Leadership & Engagement provides the framework, but the direction
is up to you. Whether you want to lead a student organization or simply find a way
to give back to the local community, the first step is a conversation.
Visit the Center for Student Engagement in Room H-101 to discover current leadership tracks and upcoming campus events.
While community is our middle name, FCC values opportunities to engage all learners
in service to others. Not only does volunteer service benefit the community, it builds
outstanding skills and enhances resumes for engaged students.
The Office of Student Leadership & Engagement houses a community service placement
center that provides volunteer and community service placement opportunities for all
members of our community. Students are welcome to utilize our free placement service
to help match interest to need for a long-term community service commitment, or simply
stop by to participate in our monthly service projects.
SERVICE LEARNING AND VOLUNTEERISM
FCC strives to make service an integral part of our students’ education. Service learning
prepares students to be lifelong learners, responsible community members, and become
engaged and productive citizens. We involve students in organized community service
that addresses local needs, while developing their academic skills, sense of civic
responsibility and commitment to the community. Students enrolled in service learning
courses perform community service as part of their coursework and receive academic
credit; they reflect on their experiences through journals, essays, research papers,
group discussions or in-class presentations.
Service learning is a requirement in over a dozen courses, as well as an optional
component in numerous other disciplines across the curriculum.
Benefits of Service Learning and Volunteering
Service Learning Categories
- *Advocacy
- *Animals – Care, Education, Protection and Welfare, Rescue, Therapy
- *Arts – Museums, Historical Preservation
- Children – Childcare, After School Programs, Child Development
- Community – Civic Organizations, Scouts, Municipal Government
- Corrections/Law Enforcement
- Developmentally Disabled – Support Services, Group homes, Therapeutic Riding Program
- Education/Schools – Art, Music, Tutoring, Athletics, ESL, Special Education, Mentoring
- Elderly/Senior Citizens/Older Adults
- Emergency – Crisis, Disaster Assistance, Clean-up
- Family/Support Services
- Fire and Rescue
- Food/Hunger
- Fundraising/Special Events/Festivals
- Health/Wellness – Hospital, YMCA
- Homelessness/Poverty Prevention & Assistance
- Human Services - Behavioral Health, Mental Health, Psychology, Social Work, Substance Abuse
- Military
- Parks/Nature/Environmental
- Political Campaigns
- Recreation/Sports/Fitness – Coaching Youth/Athletics, Athletic Associations, Cheerleading
- Religious Community/Religious Education
- Youth Services and Programs
- Miscellaneous
- *May not be suitable for direct service projects for Sociology 101.
Through the Student Government Association, student representatives serve on the following
College committees and task forces:
- College Senate (see College Senate Constitution for description )
- Student Affairs
- Student Discipline
- Admissions and Academic Policies
- Curriculum Committee
- Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC)
- Student Advisory Council
- Various Focus Groups
Students interested in serving on any of these committees or task forces should contact [email protected] in the Office of Student Leadership and Engagement located in the Student Center, H-101,
or call 301.624.2745