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Shoval Center

Dedicated to continuing the social mission of King's College, the Shoval Center for Community Engagement and Learning facilitates teaching, research, and volunteer opportunities that advance both the needs of the community and the educational mission of the college.

The College currently offers more than 45 service learning classes that integrate academic learning with hands-on community service. The Shoval Center oversees not only this service learning programming but also volunteer opportunities, community-based work study, the SERVE Program, and on-campus food pantries and clothes closets.

The Center was created in 2005 through a major gift from Susan and Judd Shoval, co-founders of GUARD Financial Group.

Enhancing Your Education

Service and community engagement is deeply engrained at King's College, so much that the College recognizes student service on your academic transcript. All students will begin with three (3) automatic hours for their Holy Cross Experience community work.

If you work 200 or 400 total service hours (or more) while you are at King's, potential employers, graduate schools, and internship coordinators will all able to see official recognition of your work, and you can note this achievement on resumés.

Transcript Recognition

In order to get this honor, you must tell us about the service you do! Use our online Transcript Recognition Form and answer a few short questions about your service. Whenever possible, please notify the Shoval Center within 30 days of the completion of any service work.

All submissions are subject to approval by the Shoval Center before being included in your total hour count. Please note that we can only give this distinction to students when they graduate; we cannot officially record or transfer service hours for non-graduates.

Eligible service that can be included on your transcript includes:

  • Volunteer projects with community organizations
  • Volunteer work with King's clubs and departments
  • Work for organized fundraisers
  • Service-learning classes and other course-based service
  • Community-based work-study
  • Internships with service agencies and organizations
  • SERVE trips with King's College

Individual volunteer work for family or friends or paid work for most for-profit organizations are not eligible for credit. Please talk to the Shoval Center staff if you have any questions before doing community service work.

Our Staff

Bill Bolan, Ph.D.

Director of the Shoval Center
williambolan@kings.edu
(570) 208-8058

Bill helps administer the Service-Learning Program, the About-Face Campaign to reduce stigma surrounding substance use disorder, and King's Food Dignity Project to decrease food insecurity. 

Kelly Gibbons
kellygibbons@kings.edu
(570) 208-6020

Kelly coordinates student volunteer opportunities both on and off campus throughout the academic year, and is responsible for the Shoval Center's social justice programming including Hunger for Justice Week in November. She also coordinates the community-based work study program and runs CitySERVE, a major component of Fall Welcome that kicks off the program for incoming first-year students.

Leanne Mazurick
leannemazurick@kings.edu
(570) 208-8402

Leanne coordinates Students Engaged in Reflective Volunteer Experiences (SERVE), King's extremely rewarding and popular alternative-break program. With trips during fall, winter, spring, and summer breaks, there is almost always a site and time to fit your needs.