Lane Center for Community Engagement and Service
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A Tradition of Service
The Wesleyan experience is designed to cultivate tomorrow's leaders--women who are invested and fully engaged in their community. Students are united with the community through The Lane Center for Community Engagement & Service, established in 2002 to become a focal of community service and engagement in Central Georgia and to serve as a role model for college/community collaboration nationally.
The Lane Center has three goals: to promote and manage specific acts of community service and engagement through assessing community needs, working collaboratively with partners to secure funding for service projects, and coordinating those projects; to instill the spirit of service and engagement into our pedagogical processes; and to teach and model civic leadership and personal responsibility through conferences, workshops, and conversations sponsored by the center.
The Lane Center finds its model for excellence in a tradition of service that has inspired leaders since Wesleyan's founding in 1836. Wesleyan women understand that bringing about positive change in today's world requires more than volunteer service; it requires an authentic passion to inspire advocacy. The Lane Center provides opportunities for early connections that often develop into that passion and a life-long commitment to community service, community development, and personal investment.
Wesleyan women leave campus to establish community elsewhere, whether domestically or internationally, understanding the sense of community as a global concept that starts right here in Central Georgia. Students graduate prepared to apply their time and their talents effectively, experiencing the kind of personal enrichment that only comes from true community investment.
Officially dedicated during 2006, the Lane Center initiates community leadership development and coordinates projects, such as: (nationally recognized) Aunt Maggie’s Kitchen Table, The William and Ellen Craft Saturday School, Wesleyan Volunteers for Literacy, Habitat for Humanity, WOW Days for Macon, numerous conferences about women’s health, and a community immersion experience for our first year students. Service is part of Wesleyan’s curriculum; which includes several courses with a service component not just tacked on as a burdensome requirement but integrated fully into the classroom experience. |
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Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter toured the nationally recognized Aunt Maggie's Kitchen Table, a Lane Center volunteer program. Read more.
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