The purpose of this study lies in exploring the achievements of university students
from participating in volunteer activities as serious leisure, and to present an
activation plan for volunteer activities based on these achievements. In order to do
this, from September, 2015 to March, 2016, in-depth interviews were conducted with
11 university students who had participated in the Multucultural Mentoring Program.
The contents of the interviews were analyzed based on the 6 functions of volunteer
activities as presented by Clary & Snyder(1998). The results of the research are as
follows. First, from the value aspect, their perception of service changed and became
a chance for them to feel the importance of community. Second, from the
understanding aspect, through the meetings with multicultural family students the
understanding of interculture increased. Third, from the social aspect, they were able
to learn personal relation skills as well as communication skills. Fourth, from the
career aspect, through preliminary experiences as teachers they were able to
reestablish the view of a teacher and be acquainted with teaching skills. Fifth, from
the aspect of self-protection, they experienced change in character through positive
thinking. Sixth, from the aspect of self-improvement, they were able to cultivate
diverse knowledge and gain psychological maturity. We connected these results with
the concept of serious leisure and discussed mutual correlationship.