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Jandon Center for Community Engagement

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Advancing Social Equity and Supporting Healthy Communities

The Jandon Center engages faculty, students and community partners on social-change projects that tackle community-driven goals. Through experiential learning and scholarship, students build essential capacities in critical thinking while providing significant leadership on urgent, complex issues facing communities and society.

​​AmeriCorps VISTA Opportunity

AmeriCorps VISTA applications are currently being accepted for a STEM Outreach VISTA position at the Jandon Center beginning in August 2018. This position is co-administered by the Jandon Center and the Campus Compact of Southern New England. The main goal of the position is to implement and improve specific social and educational outcomes in public schools. See the STEM Outreach VISTA job description and application information.

Explore the Jandon Center

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About the Center
Smith student teaching Vietnamese to school children
Community-Based Learning & Research
Community service volunteer with child
Community Service Office
Two high school students looking at a syrninge at the Summer Science & Engineering Program at Smith
STEM Outreach
Project Coach Yesenia works with new and returning coaches
Urban Education
Smith student standing in a child's classroom where she volunteers
Special Projects

Making a Difference in the Community

By the Numbers

200+ Smith students provide 10,000 hours of community service per year. 100+ students partner with 10 local agencies on volunteer projects. 200+ students support STEM teaching in K-12 schools, adult literacy programs and nonprofits. 45 students are placed in apprenticeships in 5 major cities and the Pioneer Valley.

Jandon Center Events

Featured Event
Oct
4

Jandon Center Orientation

  • Wright Hall 013, 7–9 p.m.

  • The JCCE orientation is designed to provide volunteers in all of Jandon’s various programs the opportunity to learn more about our center and staff, and to explore best practices in community engagement. We’ll cover Mentoring 101: Building Developmental Relationships; Asset-Based Approach to People and Communities; and Cultural Humility.

    Please register.

     

Oct
13

Mindfulness Week with Kaira Jewel Lingo

  • Jandon Center for Community Engagement
  • Details will be forthcoming. Learn more about Kaira Jewel Lingo.
Oct
13

Public Day of Mindfulness with Kaira Jewel Lingo

  • Jandon Center for Community Engagement
  • Details will be forthcoming. Learn more about Kaira Jewel Lingo.
Oct
16

Urban Education Application Deadline

  • Apply to be a 2018-19 Urban Ed Scholar. Engage deeply with urban education through classroom experiences during interterm and a spring seminar focused on education in Western Massachusetts.

Contact

Jandon Center for Community Engagement

Wright Hall
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063
Phone: 413-585-3060
Fax: 413-585-3068
Email: jcce@smith.edu