Students will not only enhance their academic and cultural awareness. Hyphenology also stresses the importance of community awareness, something that crosses all cultural and national boundaries. In the afternoons, students will be asked to take part in community service, volunteering with the local environmental group, Ydatinos, the Kypseli Center for Disabled Children, and the Petrified Forest Museum. Students will have completed 10 hours of community service by the end of the their time in Lesvos.