Kellogg Community College students contributed more than $346,760 worth of service activities to their communities over the course of the 2023-24 academic year through service-learning completed as part of their studies at the College.
Beginning in 2012, a service-learning endorsement requiring at least 15 hours of service-learning experience tied to a course became a requirement for every KCC graduate pursuing a degree outside of the applied sciences.
In the fall of 2022, KCC expanded the program requirement to all students seeking an associate degree, and since that time hundreds of KCC students serve thousands of hours in their communities each semester as part of their service-learning studies.
A total of 598 students received the service-learning endorsement over the course of the 2023-24 academic year alone, equating to a minimum of 10,977 volunteer hours. With the current value of a volunteer hour calculated at $31.59, that equals a total of $346,763.43 that KCC students saved their communities through service.
For more information, visit kellogg.edu/service.
Pictured above, KCC volunteers stuff boxes for children during Bruins Give Back at the Battle Creek Outdoor Education Center in November.
This article first appeared in the December 2024 edition of BruIN magazine. To read the issue online, please visit kellogg.edu/bruinmagazine.