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The Office of Service-Learning supports development, implementation, and evaluation of sustainable service-learning courses and encourages community-based scholarship across the curricula of The Ohio State University to enhance student learning, develop student civic engagement, and foster ongoing collaboration with local and global communities.

Service-learning is a form of experiential education characterized by student participation in an organized service activity that:

• is connected to specific learning outcomes
• meets identified community needs
• provides structured time for student reflection and connection of the service experience to learning