Community Engagement

Connect and engage through service and leadership

Earlham develops leaders who are engaged both locally and globally, and the Community Engagement program helps students enact their impulses to make a difference in the world.

Community Engagement services

  • Connect students with volunteer opportunities in Richmond and around the globe
  • Form reciprocal, mutually beneficial relationships with community partner organizations and agencies, seeking long-term solutions to complex challenges
  • Support teaching faculty to incorporate service learning, community-based research, and other forms of community-based learning in their courses, allowing students to develop knowledge and skills while addressing community issues
  • Encourage student engagement with movements for social justice, public policy, and voter education and registration
  • Provide students with information about service and social justice opportunities open to recent college graduates
  • Administer the Bonner Scholars Program and the Engaged Scholars Program, service scholarship programs

Featured Articles

What Are Leadership Skills? Examples and Definition

If you’ve never had a professional job before, you might be wondering — how can I possibly have leadership skills? Yet you don’t need to hold a leadership position to have leadership skills. You can build these skills through academic projects, …

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12+ Fellowship Program

“With guided oversight from 12+ headquarters, Fellows are commissioned to create a college-going culture within our PLUS Center. Fellows are staffed full-time for ten months to create one-on-one relationships with students of all grade levels and to mentor, inspire, and …

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Student Perspective on Boston in the City Program

Adulting in Boston

I always thought I wouldn’t enjoy city life that much. Bustling neighborhoods with tireless people walking with purpose to start off their day, the busy public transportations, crowded local places at lunch hours, and young professionals with …

By Sonam Tsomo
Sonam Tsomo
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El dia en Costa Rica

“Pura Vida!” Greets my host-dad in the morning, as I sit for breakfast with the family. I have lived here for enough time to greet him back with “Pura Vida,” yet with a certain softness and unfamiliarity in my tone. …

By Shruti Belitkar
Shruti Belitkar
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Travel policy for independent activities off-campus

LAST UPDATED: December 1, 2022

At this time, fully vaccinated* students may participate in in-person, off-campus activities such as Epic Advantage-funded activities and community engagement in the following locations:

in the United States
in a student’s home country other than …

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12+ Fellowship Program

“With guided oversight from 12+ headquarters, Fellows are commissioned to create a college-going culture within our PLUS Center. Fellows are …

Travel policy for independent activities off-campus

LAST UPDATED: December 1, 2022

At this time, fully vaccinated* students may participate in in-person, off-campus activities such as Epic …

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Phone
(765) 983-1424
Address

1st Floor Landrum Bolling Center
801 National Rd W
Richmond, IN 47374
Richmond, IN 47374

Office Hours

Monday 8:30am - 12pm; 1pm-5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 12pm; 1pm-5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 12pm; 1pm-5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 12pm; 1pm-5pm
Friday 8:30am - 12pm; 1pm-5pm