2025 Service Learning Trips

Applications Due October 18^th, 2024

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Spring Break Trips

Chile

Malone students participating in service learning trip to Santiago, Chile will benefit from an immersion into Chilean culture including time spent serving the Santiago Christian Academy during regular school hours, and engaging with the students' diverse families within their homes in the afternoons and evenings. Students will also have the opportunity to connect with and learn from Christian missionaries serving the school itself, as well as those serving locally in other capacities, including service to local universities and churches. Historical tours of the cities of Santiago and Valparaiso will educate students about the development of these areas in Chile over time, as well as provide them with knowledge of present-day politics, economics, and culture. Local hikes and tours of the Andes Mountain Range will allow students to explore and learn more about the diverse ecosystems just outside of the city, and to experience the magnificence, splendor and serenity of God's creation!

Trip leaders are Dr. Brandi Noll and Aubrey Noll. This is Dr. Noll’s first Malone Service Learning trip, but she led multiple trips at her previous institution.

Cost: $2000

Guatemala

Serve and learn with Hospital Shalom in Sanbenito, Guatemala.

You will experience the local Guatemalan culture while serving through assisting local leadership in providing holistic care for community members from all economic backgrounds, as you live out the gospel and community development principles and practices.

Trip available for Nursing and other Health Related Majors

This trip is led by Rebekah Portillo, RN, a Malone nursing graduate who has attended and led multiple Malone service learning trips to Guatemala.

Cost: $2,000

May/June Trips

Italy

Benvenuti! Welcome! Students will spend 2 weeks in beautiful Italy, learning about the diverse cultures of the region. You will visit the eternal city of Rome, the lost city of Pompeii, the coastal town of Sorrento, and the medieval city of Siena. You'll learn about history from ancient Rome to Renaissance art as you explore the Vatican Museum, Colosseum, Pantheon, important churches, and Christian catacombs. You'll worship at a multicultural evangelical Christian church as well as a historic Catholic basilica and you'll serve Italians and immigrants through a local ministry.

This trip is led by Ann Lawson and Dr. Jacci Stuckey who have each led countless service-learning trips to a variety of countries and who led this Italy trip together in 2013.

Approximate Dates: May 13-27, 2025
Estimated cost: $3,500

Romania

Students will spend 2-3 weeks in Sighisoara, Romania, a historical medieval city, known as the birthplace of Vladimir Tepes (known as Dracula). You will experience the local culture through hands-on learning experiences and living with host families. You will serve with Veritas Sighisoara, a Christian ministry that serves at-risk children, their families, older adults, and people with disabilities. While serving, you will work alongside local Romanian leadership and learn about a model of missions and community development ministry that emphasizes local leadership.

This trip is led by Drs. Elizabeth Patterson Roe and Charles Roe. Elizabeth lived and served with Veritas Sighisoara for six years prior to becoming a Malone faculty member and both Charles and Elizabeth have led multiple Malone service learning trips to Romania.

Approximate Dates: May 20-June 10, 2025

Estimated Cost: $3,500

Students participating in all Service Learning trips should register for SOSC 212A and SOSC 213B for Pendle Hill and GEN ED credit. (If a nursing major, they should take the credit required by the nursing department.)

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