Who can be a community partner?
Community partners can be non-profit agencies, educational institutions, or for-profit agencies with a primary purpose of providing a public service.
To learn more, please complete our Community Partner Interest Form at the bottom of this page.
Why partner with Walsh University?
- Raises awareness about your organization's mission, needs, and population served
- Provides you with a connection to the university
- Identifies prospective employees or volunteers
Role of the Community Partner
- Create an environment conducive to learning
- Orientate and train the students regarding the work that they will be doing
- Serve as partner and co-educator to the students
- Provide honest and timely communication with the faculty member
- Provide honest and timely feedback to students regarding their work
Types of Partnerships
- Sustained Direct Service Learning - Walsh students visit the partner site regularly throughout the semester and engage in service projects in which they directly work with a partner’s constituents.
- Community-Based Research or Project - Walsh students offer their skills through a service-learning course by providing qualitative research, statistical analyses, or quantitative data collection on a topic chosen by the partner, or by completing a project (such as website development, online volunteer management system, community garden creation, marketing strategies, etc.)
- One-Time Project-Based Service Learning - Groups or classes of Walsh students dedicate a few hours of support to a community partner in a one-time service project related to their course and in which students work alongside partner staff and constituents.
If you are interested in partnering with Walsh University’s Office of Service-Learning, please submit the form below or email mcinson@walsh.edu.