Service Learning Clearinghouse Project

State and Individual College and University Service Learning Websites

State wide Organization

Bethel College Service Learning Program
http://www.bethel.edu/Academics/Service_Learning/sl.mainpage.html

This website provides information about a service learning program within a religiously affiliated institution. Highlights on this site include sample syllabi from courses with a service learning component, a list of reflection ideas and a student manual.

Calvin College
URL: http://www.calvin.edu/admin/slc/
This web site describes the service-learning program at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The site includes a three-step process for students who are interested in becoming involved in service-learning and a faculty resource section that includes information and advice for faculty interested in integrating academically based service-learning in their course contents. The site also contains course listings and syllabi.

Community Service Learning at the California State University
URL: http://www.calstate.edu/tier3/csl/
The California State University (CSU) consists of 23 comprehensive and polytechnic universities with over 350,000 students and 18,000 faculty members. This website contains information on the CSU system-wide service learning activities, as well as links to the California Governor's Call for Service, the CSU Strategic Plan, Status Reports, Funding Sources, etc.

Community Service at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
http://www.calpoly.edu/~slad/csl/

This website provides information about the service learning program at California State University, San Luis Obispo. The site contains a link to the CSU Strategic Plan, information about developing service learning programs and a section titled "Class & Community Connections." The purpose of this program is to engage students in community-based experiences directly related to General Education courses in which they are enrolled and guides them through critical analysis of what they observe in the field and what is presented in class.

Eastern Regional Education Center, School of Education
Furcolo Hall, Room 112, Amherst, MA 01003
Phone: (413) 545-4727; Fax: (413) 545-2879
Contact: Bob Maloy

Florida Office of Collegiate Volunteerism
URL: http://www.fsu.edu/~focv/
The Florida Office of Collegiate Volunteerism was created by the Florida State Legislature in 1990. It serves as the primary clearinghouse for information, financial assistance and technical support for college volunteers throughout Florida. The Florida Office of Collegiate Volunteerism works to promote student volunteerism at Florida's private and public two-and four-year colleges and universities.

Indiana Department of Education: Service Learning
http://doe.state.in.us/opd/
This website provides a listing of service-learning resources for students and faculty at the University of Indiana.

Indiana University-Purdue University Center for Public Service and Leadership, Office of Service Learning
http://cpsl.iupui.edu/
This web site provides information about the Service Learning program at Indiana University-Prudue University. Highlights of this site include sections on ways to integrate service and reflection, a list of publications about service learning, a listing of service learning courses, a section on faculty development and workshops and a report from 1996 titled, "Task Force on Faculty Service."

Indiana University
http://www.indiana.edu/~ocpsl/
This site contains information about the Office of Community Partnerships in Service Learning at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. The site has examples of service learning courses.

Mississippi: Campus Link-Mississippi's Collegiate Service Link
URL: http://www.campuslink.net/
Campus Link was established in July 1996 in an effort to strengthen the connection between Mississippi's college campuses and surrounding communities and to offer a variety of leadership and service experiences to interested college students.

Nebraska Consortium for Service Learning in Higher Education
http://www.libfind.unl.edu/ncslhe/nebraska.htm

This website provides information about 22 colleges and universities in Nebraska that are working in collaboration to develop service-learning programs in higher education in the state. This site provides information about faculty, student and community development and involvement in service-learning programs.

North Carolina Central University
http://www.nccu.edu/commserv/serve.htm
This site contains information about service learning at North Carolina Central University, an historical black university in Durham, North Carolina. Highlights of this site include a very useful section titled "Faculty Guide to Community Service Learning" and a section on initiatives and programs developed and administered by the university.

St. John's University
http://www.stjohns.edu/student_life/service_learning/
This site contains information about the service learning program at St. John's University. Included in the site are sections for faculty and students, course listings, different models of service learning incorporated into classes taught at St. John's and a section on reflection.

Washington State Work-Based Learning Resource Center/The Resource Center for Skill Standards and Work-based Learning
http://www.wa-wbl.com/collections/servlearn.htm
The Washington State Work-based Learning Resource Center helps educators, students, parents business and community members develop and improve work-based learning. In 1998 the name was changed to The Resource Center for Skill Standards and Work-based Learning, which reflects the center's commitment to linkages between skills employers want and opportunities that students have to learn those skills.

College and University

Appalachian State University, Appalachian and the Community Together, Department of Student Programs
http://www.appstate.edu/www_docs/student/act/flash.html
This website is a clearinghouse for community service and service-learning opportunities at Appalachian State University. The site provides information about student involvement opportunities in the areas of human services and environmental advocacy. There is also information to assist faculty with integrating community service projects into academic courses.

ASU Service Learning Program
http://www.asu.edu/duas/servlearn/

The ASU Service Learning Program links courses with internships that involve teaching and tutoring at-risk children in disciplines including English, Math and Science.

Arizona - Service Learning at Maricopa Community Colleges
URL: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/sl/
This web site provides information about service learning opportunities in the Maricopa Community College District in Arizona.

Augsburg College Center for Service, Work and Learning
http://www.augsburg.edu/cswl/srvlrn.html

This site contains information about service-learning at Augsburg College. There is information about participating in service experiences that are integrated into Augsburg courses and faculty resources.

Bentley College Service-Learning Center
http://ecampus.bentley.edu/dept/bslc/

The Bentley College Service-Learning Center website provides information about building upon the growing synergy between business and community interests, and how service-learning is a valued dimension of students' education. The site contains information about undergraduate and graduate courses that incorporate service-learning, program offerings and information resources.

Brevard Community College District Service Learning Website
http://www.brevard.cc.fl.us/CSL/

This web site provides information about coordinating volunteer and service-learning activities, programs, and support services, a framework and methods to link service with curriculum, resources on community service-learning opportunities, support for fault who utilize the service-learning pedagogy, syllabi for courses utilizing service-learning, and publications and videos.

California State University, San Marcos Community Service Learning
http://ww2.csusm.edu/ocsl/

This site provides information about implementing a faculty development program in service learning, service- learning opportunities in the North San Diego county area and an online student handbook about service-learning.

Colorado State University Office for Service-Learning and Volunteer Programs
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/SLVP/sipwhat.htm

This website provides information for faculty interested in designing and implementing service-learning courses. There is information on site selection, syllabi revision, student orientation, the design of reflection activities, assessment/evaluation, conferences and training related to service-learning and a resource library. There is also information about Service-Learning LINK Newsletter.

Cornell University Public Service Center
http://www.psc.cornell.edu/

This site provides information about the Cornell Public Service Center programs including the Faculty Fellows in Service (FFIS) program that assists faculty and academic staff interested in integrating community service into the courses they teach or are planning to teach.

Denison University Center for Service Learning
http://www.denison.edu/service-learning/key.shtml
This site provides information about service learning at Denison University.

Florida International University
http://www.fiu.edu/~time4chg

This website provides information about the service-learning programs coordinated by Volunteer Action Center at Florida International University.

George Mason University Center for Service and Leadership
http://www.gmu.edu/student/csl/

This site contains information about courses offered at George Mason University that have a service learning component, information for faculty about implementing service learning in courses and links to other service learning resources.

Georgetown University, Volunteer & Public Service Center
http://www.georgetown.edu/outreach/vps/service-learn/s-l_credit_info.html

The Volunteer & Public Service Center at Georgetown University is responsible for promoting service-learning programs to faculty and students and handling the program's required reflection components. This website also provides information about service-learning courses, concepts and faculty development.

Glendale Community College Volunteer and Service Learning Center
http://www.cwire.com/GCC/CSE/index.html

This website provides information about the programs offered by the Volunteer and Service-Learning Center at Glendale Community College.

Gonzaga University, Service Learning
URL: http://www.gonzaga.edu/service/gvs/service_learning/history.htm
Thiis web site provides information about service learning at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. There is information about service-learning courses, a required reading list for students engaged in service-learning, and an overview of service-learning.

Lafayette College Community Outreach Center Programs
URL: http://ww2.lafayette.edu/outreach/home.html
The Community Outreach Center works in partnership with students, faculty, staff and other community members for social change. These partnerships provide learning and growth experiences. The purpose of the programs offered is to provide assistance and help and broaden the education of volunteers about the nature of social problems and their solution.

James Madison University Community Service Center
http://www.jmu.edu/clst/CS-L/

This site contains information about the community service-learning center at James Madison University. There is information about faculty and technical assistance resources.

Kapi'olani Community College Service Learning Online site
http://leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu/org/sl/

This site contains information about the service learning courses and faculty resources at Kapi'olani Community College.

Michigan State University Service Learning Center
http://www.csp.msu.edu/slc/
This site provides information about Service-Learning at MSU for pre-professional students in medicine, pre-vet medicine, human or pubic service careers.

Northern Virginia Community College-Service Learning
http://www.nv.cc.va.us/home/nvwahlb/SLTitlePage.htm

This website contains information from the Service-Learning Project Report and Faculty Manual written in 1997 for the faculty and students at the Alexandria campus of Northern Virginia Community College. The site includes a section for faculty concerning frequently asked questions regarding service-learning programs.

Providence College, Feinstein Institute for Public Service
http://www.providence.edu/psp/

This website provides information on public and community service programs at Providence College.

Rutgers University - CASE: Citizenship and Service Education
URL: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/case/case.html
CASE is sponsored by Rutgers College Student Centers & Student Activities. The site provides information to prepare students to participate as active and effective citizens in a democratic society, to teach a life-long service ethic, advance the service mission of Rutgers and offer New Jersey communities the means to tap Rutgers' resources in order to meet community-identified needs.

Service Learning at Clemson University
URL: http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/learning/index.htm

This site provides information about the service learning program at Clemson University. Included within this site is a library of service-learning resources. An abstract of each resource is also provided. There is a searchable database of course syllabi and a list of national and regional service learning conferences and events.

Service Learning at University of Illinois-Champaign-Urban
http://www.union.uiuc.edu/servicelrn/

This site contains information and descriptions about courses that integrate service-learning into the course curriculum.

Stanford Haas Center for Public Service
http://haas.stanford.edu/

This website provides information about the programs offered by the Haas Center to students at Stanford University. There is information about local, regional, national and international resources.

Tufts University
http://ase.tufts.edu/cte/occasional_papers/service.htm
This website provides information about Tuft University's Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE). This site contains a service learning bibliography, online service learning guidebooks, articles, papers and presentations related to service learning and course syllabi for courses that incorporate service learning at Tufts. The site also includes a searchable database of on-line Faculty Teaching Handbooks and "teaching tip" compendia of thirteen colleges and universities.

Unity College in Maine
http://www.unity.edu/ServiceLearning/default.htm

This site provides information about the service learning programs and projects at Unity College. Included in the site are descriptions of prior service learning projects undertaken at Unity College.

University of Arizona
http://w3.arizona.edu/~guide/sl

This website provides information about the University of Arizona's programs related to reflection and writing exercises.

UCLA Center for Experiential Education and Service Learning
URL: http://www.oid.ucla.edu/Ceesl/index.html
The Center for Experiential Education and Service Learning (CEESL) sponsors experience-based educational programs that help faculty combine traditional classroom teaching with students' hands-on activities. Academic internships and field studies allow students to apply theory to real-world situations. Through action-reflection methods, faculty engage students in their own education, thus encouraging them to generate first-hand knowledge via personal observations and analysis. Academic internships, therefore, serve as a bridge to wider conceptual issues.�

University of Massachusetts, Amherst �
URL: http://www.umass.edu/comcol/slo.html
The University of Massachusetts, Amherst serves as the Regional Information Center for the northeast section of the country, providing information about service-learning programs in that area. They also serve as one of our information conduits in the area of teacher education and service-learning.

University of Minnesota Experiential Learning Center
http://www1.umn.edu/elsc/profile/contenttable.html
This site provides information about service learning programs at the University of Minnesota. A particular helpful content area of this site is the evaluation section that provides a ten-step model for selecting objectives and conducting needs assessments.

Vanderbilt University �
URL: http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/cft/sl/index.html
Vanderbilt University is conducting a search of literature dealing with service-learning and higher education. They will produce a major literature review, some articles about service-learning issues, and collaborate with UCLA on symposia and monographs.
Box 90 Peabody College, Nashville, TN 32703
Phone: (615) 322-8273; Fax: (615) 343-2661
Contact: Janet Eyler

UC Berkeley-Cal Corps
http://www.uga.berkeley.edu/calcorps/service.html

In partnership with Berkeley schools, the City of Berkeley, the Graduate School of Education and local community organizations, Cal Corps has developed unique programs that focus on addressing the needs of youth and providing volunteer support to community-based agencies. Students have the option of combining these service experiences with academic learning through courses.

UC Berkeley Service-Learning Research & Development Center
URL: http://www-gse.berkeley.edu/research/slc/servicelearning.html
The mission of the Service-Learning Center at the Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, is to develop, implement, facilitate, and evaluate community service programs that are an integral part of the academic curriculum. Includes information on service-learning, campus development, and research and evaluation.

University of Louisville
http://www.louisville.edu/student/life/serv-learn/index.html

The University of Louisville Service Learning Program acts as a liaison between students and community service and the organizations. The program works with professors to integrate service learning in their curriculum.

University of Maryland
http://www.inform.umd.edu/CSP/

This website provides information about service opportunities and reflection exercises for faculty and students at the University of Maryland.

University of Michigan, Office of Community Service Learning
http://www.umich.edu/~mserve

This website provides information about service-learning programs at the University of Michigan. A link to the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning is also provided.

University of Pennsylvania Center for Community Partnerships
http://www.upenn.edu/ccp/

This site contains information about the community service programs and courses that integrate community service at the University of Pennsylvania.

University of Utah, Bennion Service Center
http://www.saff.utah.edu/bennion/

The Bennion Service Center provides service-learning opportunities to students and faculty at the University of Utah. This site also provides service-learning guides and tools

University of Washington Carlson Center for Service
http://www.washington.edu/students/carlson/servlern/community/

This website provides information about the Carlson Center at the University of Washington. The Carlson Center allows students to combine coursework with important service to the community. The website contains information for faculty about implementing service learning in courses.

Washington State University - Community Service Learning Center
URL: http://cub.wsu.edu/cslc/aboutCSLC.htm
The Community Service Learning Center provides information about community service learning opportunities at the Pullman campus of Washington State University and the local community. The Community Service Learning Center provides hands on experience for students to take back to the classroom and apply to their own learning and personal growth.

Williamette University Service Learning Center
http://www.willamette.edu/org/cop/service_learning.html

This site provides information about the service-learning center at Williamette University. The site includes information about integrating service-learning in the curriculum, there are links to service-learning resources and an exploration of social issues that may be addressed through service-learning programs.

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