INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH and PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS

Service Learning Volunteer ExperiencesQUICK FACTUC Davis Extension offersmore than 150 coursesevery quarter and enrollsnearly 60,000 studentsannually.Students will help improve thecommunity and develop leadershipskills in UC Davis Extension’s Centerfor International Education ServiceLearning Volunteer Experiencesprogram. Students combineacademic study with communityservice to enhance learning and gainknowledge and experience in civicresponsibility. Their volunteeringstrengthens communities andprovides students an excellentopportunity to advance their Englishlanguage skills by interactingwith and serving people in thecommunity.Volunteering also provides valuablework experience to add to résumésand strengthen applications foradmission to undergraduate andgraduate programs.We offer Service LearningVolunteer Experience courses,and customized volunteeringprojects.Types of volunteering include:• Tutoring and mentoring children• Helping the elderly• Preparing and serving meals tothe hungry• Building houses for the homeless• Assisting nonprofit organizations• Providing administrative supportto businesses• Planting trees to improve theenvironment• And moreMajor UC Davis campusvolunteering events include theWhole Earth Festival, CelebrateDavis and Open Campus Picnic Day.“I had fun together with the residents of theretirement center. Various activities are heldevery day. I did an activity with origami onthe first day, and we made a bird, a box and apaper aircraft! Other activities were playinghandmade instruments, singing, concerts,pumpkin painting, wood painting, playingboard games and playing Wii. It is true thatbalancing studying with volunteering washard, but both of them are great ingredients ofmy stay. I also liked the class, and everythingwe did in the volunteer class such as writinga résumé, giving feedback on the volunteerexperience, and doing the presentationobviously helped me to think deeper, and itwas definitely helpful to my future.”~ Sakiko Tanaka, Service LearningVolunteer Experiences Program student,volunteer for the Health Care Center atthe University Retirement Community15 extension.ucdavis.edu/international/service_learning