Center for Academic Engagement

Learning - Outside the Classroom

Support a community agency, study in a developing nation or participate on a research team in a laboratory.  Learning outside the classroom means gaining real-world experience, knowledge and skills from engaged, hands-on experiences. 

Examples of Learning Experiences:

Enrich your classroom education.  We'll help you develop the kind of real-world understanding that sets you apart and adds value to your USD education.

Sarah Wittmuss, Director

Service-Learning

AWOL Service-Learning Students Each year, USD students combine for more than 12,000 hours of service-learning projects. For Earth Day, students completed a community service project cleaning the Vermillion community garden.