Center for Student Life
Steadfast with the mission and Christian identity of RCU, the Center for Student Life empowers our diverse student body through intentional programming to cultivate an environment and experience that nurtures personal, relational, and spiritual formation in service to God’s world.
The Center for Student Life is dedicated to creating a welcoming community for our students as we learn and grow together. It's one of the ways Rochester Christian University helps support your intellectual, spiritual, social, emotional, and physical growth during your time as a Warrior on campus and beyond.
To learn more about Student Life, please see the Student Handbook at http://rcu.edu/student-handbook/.
Community Life + Worship (CLW)
Community Life + Worship (CLW) is the program that houses chapel, intercultural, and spiritual life. A variety of co-curricular events, initiatives, activities, and extracurricular options are available through CLW. These events include, but are not limited to, chapel, spiritual formation opportunities (SFO), campus ministry programs, service learning, intercultural life events, and more. CLW promotes interpersonal formation, intercultural awareness, spiritual formation, and a greater sense of vocation among our students.
Points
Full-time traditional undergraduate students are required to earn 25 CLW points every semester. CLW points can be achieved from attending chapel, SFOs, campus ministry programs, department chapels, service learning, and intercultural life events. Each CLW event is worth 1 point unless otherwise noted.
For each point short of the required 25, a $10 fine will be assessed. Money collected from the fine will be deposited into an account for future CLW programming.
Chapel
Chapel is an opportunity for the community to gather two times a week to learn alongside one another through meaningful programming. Chapel meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Fletcher Auditorium | Westside Central Chapel. There will be 28-30 chapel dates every semester. Additional chapel opportunities for CLW points will be regularly scheduled on Fridays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The Friday chapel opportunities will be hosted by academic departments, athletics, and other campus areas. Students are encouraged to routinely check the event calendar available through the Rochester Christian University (RCU) app and Center for Student Life social media accounts to view a complete list of weekly CLW opportunities.
The RCU app is used for recording attendance and tracking CLW points at chapel and other events.
Accommodations and Exemptions
Exemptions are available only in extreme cases.
Modifications are available to apply for if the student meets the following criteria:
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Student teaching that conflicts with regular CLW programming
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Nursing students enrolled in clinicals that conflict with regular CLW programming
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University-required internships that interfere with regular CLW programming
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Familial obligations, health issues, or students who work full-time in addition to their course load and have regular conflicts with CLW programming
The Modification Request Form can be found on the RCU app, warriorhub.rcu.edu, and my.rcu.edu
Volunteer/Service Learning Opportunities
Students may participate in pre-approved volunteer opportunities for CLW points, such as Warriors Serve, which are listed on the Chapel Calendar, the RCU app, and warriorhub.rcu.edu.
Organizations, Clubs, and Athletic Team Service Learning Submissions
University-sponsored organizations, clubs, and athletic teams are encouraged to spend time together by volunteering. For any of those volunteer (service learning) opportunities to be a CLW point opportunity, it must be submitted and approved through this form at least one week before the submitted event. Approved service opportunities are worth 1 CLW point.