Community Service and Service Learning
The College’s motto, Corde et Mente et Manu (With Heart and Mind and Hand), expresses the value placed on service by the Hood community. Opportunities abound for students to engage in service learning that is community-based and enhances the major field of study.
Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic
Hood College is a member of and houses the Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic, an organization of colleges and universities that promote the development of globally engaged citizens who actively contribute to creating healthy, sustainable and socially just communities in Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Delaware.
Office of Community and Civic Engagement
Located in the Catherine Filene Shouse Center for Career Development and Experiential Education and the Martha E. Church Center for Civic Engagement, this office provides interested students with the opportunity to learn through service to others. Here, student volunteers are provided information regarding local, regional, national and international community service opportunities.
Hood’s Center for Community Research
Housed in the sociology and social work department on the third floor of Alumnae Hall, the Center for Community Research gives students the opportunity to work collaboratively with organizations and agencies in the Frederick community on research projects that meet a community need. Students from a variety of fields—primarily sociology, but also those with majors in disciplines such as law and society, social work, history, political science and environmental studies—have applied their research skills to help solve real-life problems while, at the same time, giving the Frederick community access to some of Hood’s resources.