Many courses at MassBay are enhanced by a learning through serving approach, commonly referred to as service-learning.  Service-learning encourages students to validate course concepts through engagement in activities that address community needs.  At the Waltham Fields Community Farm and community gardens of The Food Project, MassBay nutrition and geography students have learned about food cultivation while helping to harvest produce for area food pantries.  On a monthly basis, MassBay faculty and staff join students from across the disciplines in serving at soup kitchens in Framingham, Waltham, and Boston.   Since 2004, the College has partnered with The Wellesley Council on Aging, the Town’s Office of Veterans Services and our neighbors at Mt. St. Vincent to recruit seniors who will tell their stories.  More than twenty-five oral histories already have been recorded.

For more information about the College's Service-Learning Program, please contact Professor Ed McCourt, Director of Service-Learning, at emccourt@massbay.edu or at 781-239-2207.