Student Resources
Community Service
Service is an integral part of the student experience at Rockhurst University. Rockhurst students give over 30,000 hours annually in service to others. Service at Rockhurst is voluntary, but more than 80 percent of students participate in service projects during their Rockhurst education.
Service to others provides an opportunity to reflect on the broader issues that shape our world. Through service, Rockhurst students come to ask important questions about the injustices found in our society. Reflecting on these issues helps students learn that their decisions have economic and moral implications for others and future generations. Service is at the heart of Jesuit education because through service we use the gifts we have developed and put them into action to transform the world, making it a better place for us all.
The Jesuit Challenge
"You are called by the Society of Jesus to be men and women who reflect upon the reality of the world around you with all its ambiguities, opportunities, and challenges, to discern what is really happening in your life and in the lives of others, to find God there and to discover where God is calling you, to employ criteria for significant choices that reflect Godly values rather than narrow, exclusive self-interest, to make decisions in the light of what is truly for the greater glory of God and the service of those in need, and then to act accordingly."
Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S/U.
Superior General of the Society of Jesus, 1997
There are many resources on campus to help students discover how they can serve. As you look through these pages, you’ll find helpful information and contacts.
Of Service Newsletter is a volunteer listing. Each month the Center for Service Learning updates this newsletter for upcoming events and programs looking for volunteers.
Leftovers with Love is a program through which students package and deliver surplus food from the Rockhurst University cafeteria to St. James Place.
The Center for Service Learning is your campus resource for connecting service to your coursework.
Finucane Service Project welcomes incoming students to Rockhurst and introduces them to service – an important part of Rockhurst’s mission as a Catholic and Jesuit university. The Finucane Service Project gives the campus an opportunity not only to experience service but also to celebrate the spirit of service. Named in the memory of the Rev. William Finucane, S.J., Rockhurst initiated the Finucane Service Project to honor his commitment to introducing freshmen to both service and the neighborhood around campus.
