Program Requirements
To maintain good standing as a Service Scholar and receive all benefits of the scholarship, students must successfully:
- Engage in full time study as a matriculated student
- Maintain satisfactory academic progress toward the completion of degree requirements
- Complete and actively participate in:
- The two-course learning community during the fall semester of their first year
- The weekly Community Engagement Seminar series during the first year of enrollment
- One Community Engaged Learning (CEL) course in their sophomore, junior or senior year
- The senior service scholar seminar
- As a sophomore, junior and senior meet program hour requirements and fulfill a commitment to weekly community engagement with a local nonprofit organization
Community engagement seminars in the first year effectively prepare Scholars to be thoughtful, empathetic, impactful, and culturally responsive in their community engagement activities .
Community engagement partnerships with local nonprofits are developed with and for Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Scholars by staff at Fisher's Institute for Civic and Community Engagement. Experiences are designed to provide academic enrichment and preparation for career and leadership, as Scholars engage with the Greater Rochester community and continue the great tradition of community engagement with local leaders. Specific information about completion of community engagement hours is provided by the Institute for Civic and Community Engagement.
Fisher Sponsored Transportation to Civic Engagement Sites
Scholars are ultimately responsible for finding their own transportation to off-campus programs/civic engagement sites. Nevertheless, subject to availability, budgeting limits and other transportation demands, St. John Fisher University will endeavor to provide transportation to off-campus programs for Scholars who live on campus. Fisher has no liability for any transportation method used by any student, other than transportation on official Fisher vehicles. Please plan accordingly.
Questions about the Fisher Service Scholarship Program can be addressed to the Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, by phone, 585-385-8050.