Community Relations
The College supports the community through the following programs and partnerships:
Jean Yawkey Center for Community Leadership
The Jean Yawkey Center for Community Leadership provides programs that are dedicated to developing service opportunities and leadership skills for Emmanuel students, while building bridges through initiatives that support young people in Boston schools. Learn more »
Emmanuel College and the Jean Yawkey Center for Community Leadership are providing gym space for practice and home games during the OLPH Mission Saints' boys basketball inaugural season as part of our youth program.
Alongside the OLPH Mission Grammar boys basketball team are Emmanuel graduates and Mission staff members Maura Bradley,BA '96 and MAT '99 (principal), Cat DesRoche, '05 (kindergarten teacher), Allie Weller
Dutson, '05 (fifth grade teacher), and Albert Hayle, '05 (eighth grade teacher and basketball coach).
The Carolyn A. Lynch Institute
The Carolyn A. Lynch Institute offers programs and services that enhance the professional development of urban teachers and enrich the education of PK-12 students in the city of Boston. Learn more »
Merck Partnership
Since 2004, when Merck Research Laboratories-Boston opened its doors on the College's campus, Emmanuel students have benefited from this unique collaboration through research, internship and scholarship opportunities as well as lecture series sponsored by Merck. Learn more »
Jean Yawkey Center for Community Leadership
The Jean Yawkey Center for Community Leadership provides programs that are dedicated to developing service opportunities and leadership skills for Emmanuel students, while building bridges through initiatives that support young people in Boston schools. Learn more »
Fenway Dual Enrollment Program
The Fenway Dual Enrollment Program allows Fenway High School students the opportunity to enroll in undergraduate courses at Emmanuel College for high school and college credit at no cost. Learn more »
Service Learning
These distinctive courses further connect a student's sense of commitment and action, encouraging them to impact positive change in the community through service-orientated curriculums. Courses available at the College include:
• Chemistry of Boston Waterways
• Spanish at Work in the Community
• Management Research for Positive Change
• Public Policy, Law & Psychology
• Catholic Social Teaching
• Psychology of Women
• Graphic Design II
• Economics of Health Care
• The Great American Experiment: Education for All in a Diverse Society (SA)
• Principles of Marketing
• Human Development II: Adulthood and Aging
• Love and Justice: An Introduction to Christian Ethics
Campus Community Service
Throughout the year, Emmanuel students have ample opportunities to take part in on-going volunteer service at a number of agencies and institutions throughout the city of Boston. Learn more »
Community Partnerships
The Office of Government & Community Relations also represents the College on several community organizations and committees, including:
• Colleges of the Fenway
• The Fenway Alliance
• The Chamber of Commerce
• The Emerald Necklace
• The Urban Ring
• The New England Council
• AICUM
• MASCO
