Office of Volunteers for Community Service

OVCS, the Office of Volunteers for Community Service, is dedicated to educating the next generation of active citizens. OVCS partners with over 50 organizations in New London to provide mutually beneficial community-learning experiences for our students.

As a student intern or volunteer with OVCS, you will be engaged with issues of diversity, social justice and community activism. We encourage you to view New London as your host community and as your home.

Why you should become involved through OVCS

Just about everyone else does!

OVCS connects  more than 500 Connecticut College students annually to the New London community.  Seventy percent of the class of 2011 participated in community learning activities

• Connect to your courses. Eleven academic departments regularly offer courses that involve a community-learning component.
• Explore. OVCS staff, faculty and students partner with over 50 community partners to offer a variety of opportunities for students to explore and develop their interests.
• Engage and learn while you earn. OVCS offers the most work-study positions on campus.

OVCS enhances the student experience through community learning and civic engagement. Discover what opportunities are right for you; then call or come visit us to discuss your options.

Meet the OVCS staff team.

Read our monthly newsletters and annual literary magazine.