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Service Scholars Service Scholars
Initiated in 1996, the Service Scholars Program has been recognized for the second time by the John Templeton Foundation as an exemplary program in the Volunteer Service Programs category - one of sixty programs so designated in the nation. The Templeton Foundation also named St. John Fisher College to the 1999-2000 Honor Roll for Character-Building Colleges. This places Fisher among a select group of colleges and universities in the United States recognized by the Foundation for innovation and leadership in promoting character development among their students. The Service Scholars Program embodies the spirit of community and caring that is the hallmark of the Fisher experience. 36 Scholarships are awarded annually to high school seniors who exhibit outstanding community service through activities in their schools, places of worship, and community agencies. Service Scholar Mission StatementThe Service Scholarship program offers students an opportunity for service in the context of service learning. We partner with individals with a clear need and in communities where resources to provide services are scarce. The program encourages person-to-person interaction with the goal of emphazing with and getting to know the poor and needy, appreciating who they are and what they need and do, and serving their needs within our ability. Service learning is supported in the classroom through ongoing, connected, challenging and contextual reflection. At the end of the program our aim is that studens will have a developed a pattern of service and giving not only of time but of self.
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