Alisha Collins ’07, former director of corporate and community engagement, The Greater Boston Food Bank. Currently, vice president of development & corporate giving at The Possible Project.

Local Service Opportunities

In the Holy Cross tradition of educating the mind and heart, Stonehill provides students many opportunities to serve the common good both on campus and in surrounding communities.

The Farm at Stonehill

The Farm at Stonehill was established in January 2011 in response to food access issues in the neighboring city of Brockton, Massachusetts. Since its inception, The Farm has donated more than 80,000 pounds of fresh organic produce to our four community partner organizations.

Mobile Market

The Farm’s Mobile Market gives residents who do not live near grocery stores access to healthy eating options, and shares information about other efforts to increase wellness in the community.

Compassionate Leadership Through the Arts

The Arts Outreach program pairs under-served children from the nearby city of Brockton with Stonehill mentors. Because most of the Stonehill students who participate have little experience in art, the projects they undertake – ranging from photography and videography to painting and sometimes dance – provide an opportunity for the mentors and mentees to learn and do something new together.

Community Engagement by the Numbers

Service done right is mutually beneficial and Stonehill provides a wide variety of ways to engage. The numbers speak for themselves.

16
Learning Communities

Stonehill Learning Communities feature linked or collaboratively taught classes from different disciplines or perspectives that foster students’ ability to integrate learning across courses, over time and between campus and community life.

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H.O.P.E. Participants

H.O.P.E. service immersion participants last year served in 13 domestic and international H.O.P.E. experiences during winter, spring or summer break.

80,000
Pounds of produce

Student volunteers have helped grow and harvest more than 80,000 pounds of produce on our campus farm and helped distribute it to our four community partner organizations.

H.O.P.E. Service Immersion Program

H.O.P.E. seeks to engage members of the Stonehill community in cross-cultural service experiences. H.O.P.E. further endeavors to challenge the Stonehill community to grow in love of God and neighbor by embodying the Church's commitment to a preferential option for and with the poor.

Community-Based Learning

Community-Based Learning (CBL) links civic engagement (service, research or action projects) with coursework, lectures and discussions to create deep and integrated learning experiences for students and meaningful community impacts for our local partners.

Students from an Introduction to Sociology course work with homeless individuals to help them organize and improve their status.

Applying for Admission

The Common Application

The Common Application is an easy-to-use college application system. You’ll need to provide some basic information about yourself and your family; and some more detailed information about your education and your extracurricular activities. You’ll also be asked to write a 500-650 word essay.

Application Deadlines

Students should choose the application option that best suits their interest and complete their applications by the appropriate deadline. Please know that information and materials submitted to the Office of Undergraduate Admission cannot be returned to students.

Application Plan Application Deadline Decision Notification Binding?
Early Action November 1 Early January No
Early Decision* December 1 Late December Yes*
Early Action II January 15 Late February No
Early Decision II* February 1 Mid-February Yes*
Regular Decision February 15 Mid-March No

*Note: As stated in the Common Application's Early Decision Agreement, if you choose to apply to Stonehill as an Early Decision or Early Decision II applicant and you are admitted, you must enroll at the College.

May Hall – 320 Washington Street, Easton, MA 02357

The Office of Undergraduate Admission assists students and families as they learn more about Stonehill and navigate the college application process.