Service Council

Fifteen students are selected to comprise the Service Council. These Council members typically have served as Directors in the Center for Service and Learning, and are responsible for training current Executive Directors and Program Directors in leadership skills and program administration. Each Service Council member oversees five or six of Y-Serve’s 70 programs.

The Service Council operates under the close supervision of the Y-Serve’s director who trains them in advanced leadership skills. Council members in turn train student leaders, plan events, conduct regular stewardships, and plan and attend several student-leader retreats during the year.

Service Council members must be enrolled as full-time students, have a 3.0 cumulative GPA at the time of application and throughout the term of service, and abide by Center and University policies and procedures. They are expected to spend five to ten hours a week in administrative and planning activities, in directing service with their programs, and in office hours. They must be available during April, May, June and August, and at a specified time each week for stewardships, training, planning, and reflection.

Service Council applications are available in March for the following school year.

Please complete this mandatory 20 minute child protection training before you begin working with this program.

I love getting to work with my fellow students. Every time I do a Y-Serve activity I am inspired by the selfless love I see my peers giving. There is so much good in the world and Y-Serve helps me to see it.

-Dani Hamblin