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The CPSL assists faculty with the design and implementation of service learning components, as well as the formal documentation of professional service, to include service learning components. The center also links community service with student employment by coordinating two community tutoring programs, the “America Reads/Work-Study Program” and the “Indiana Reading Corps/Work-Study Program.” In addition, the center coordinates the Community Service Scholarship Program to recognize incoming and continuing students for their outstanding involvement in community/campus service and academic achievement. Freshman Service Scholars and Community Service Scholars enroll in a service learning class, participate in campus-wide community service activities, and become leaders who engage other students in community service. For additional information, call (317) 278-2662.
Voluntary Community Service
As part of the Center for Public Service and Leadership (CPSL), the Office of Voluntary Community Service encourages students, faculty, and staff to volunteer in the local community. This office organizes campus-wide service days, including the United Way Day of Caring in September, family sponsorship during the holiday season, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day—On Service projects in January, and Into the Parks each spring. The office also coordinates the Volunteer Fair where community agencies come to campus to recruit volunteers, maintains an updated list of volunteer opportunities with community agencies, and hosts a spring recognition event for all campus volunteers including the Jaguar athletes. In addition, the staff works with student groups interested in one-time service projects and students seeking mini-grants to support specific service projects. The CPSL is located in the University College Building. For more information, call (317) 278-2662.
Indiana Campus Compact (ICC)
The Indiana Campus Compact (ICC) is a consortium of 28 colleges and universities, both public and private, throughout the state, working to cultivate in students a lifelong commitment to community service and to strengthen the positive role institutions of higher education can take in their communities and in the state. Starting as a loose confederation of six institutions, ICC is one of the strongest state compacts in the nation and works closely with the national Campus Compact, a consortium of more than 600 colleges and universities. ICC provides mini-grants to students to design and implement service projects, coordinates a state-wide “Indiana Reading Corps/Work-Study Program,” and seeks to embed service learning into teacher education programs. Students interested in service leadership opportunities can become involved with a variety of committees and programs. ICC is located on the IUPUI campus, at University Conference Center, Suite 200, (317) 274-6500.
IUPUI Alumni Association(s) and Student Organization for Alumni Relations (SOAR)
Graduates from the Indianapolis campus become alumni of Indiana or Purdue University and are invited to become dues-paying members of the respective Alumni Associations of those institutions. Members receive a variety of benefits, which range from the alumni magazine to travel opportunities. In addition, members can participate in a variety of social or service programs. For more information on these programs and the associations, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 317-274-8828.
The Student Organization for Alumni Relations (SOAR) is open to all students and is coordinated through the Office of Alumni Relations. Members of this organization serve as the official student host group for the campus and they stage activities such as the “Career Exploration. . . Choose a Major. . . Choose a Career” program and the Homecoming theme and banner contest.
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INDIANA UNIVERSITY
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PURDUE UNIVERSITY
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