Service learning has become a integral part of educational curriculum
             from the youngest to the oldest learning populations. The challenge at a
             college level is to both instruct students in an informed and engaging
             manner and to offer opportunities for learning that hold the six tenets of
             service learning to heart; integrated learning, high quality service,
             student voice, civic responsibility, and reflection.
             Today, many educational approaches emphasize the importance of having
             students take charge of their own learning. The processes for
             acquiring self-knowledge described here are consistent with that
             emphasis. Whether through experiential, on-the-job, classroom, or
             community/service learning, students can enhance their awareness of
             themselves for their career development by continually summarizing and
             reflecting upon what they are learning as they continue their
             progression through school and work. (Lankard, 1)
             Within a college level professional writing coarse there are many ways to
             develop curricular goals and assignments that offer students service-
             learning challenges. One of the ways this can be done is to incorporate
             non-profit business writing into the curriculum of the college level
             Probably the most often used type of service learning experience
             within the college level is an activity-based assignment.
             Typically, such course options are offered as an alternative to more
             traditional classroom assignments. Often, students are given the
             option of participating in a service learning project over the course
             of the semester and writing a paper based on the experience instead of
             writing a traditional research paper.
             Yet, given the demands and opportunities of a writing curriculum, in a
             professional writing class the opportunities for expansion of this
             Because students are having dif...