The Office of Service-Learning at Colorado State University

Clayton Hurd, Director of Service-Learning

Office of Service-Learning Staff (L to R): Clayton Hurd (Director), Joy Anderson, Megan Wyman, Krista Martinez, Kristen Petty

Mission

Established in 2007 as a unique office within The Institute for Learning and Teaching (TILT), the Office of Service-Learning supports the development of meaningful, active and hands-on learning experiences that promote academic excellence while serving genuine community needs.

Among the central goals of the Office of Service-Learning are:

To provide support to faculty interested in the integration of service-learning into teaching, research, service and extension
To develop student leaders within the field of service-learning
To meet community-identified needs and cultivate community partner relationships
To disseminate models of service-learning excellence to stakeholders within and beyond our institution

For Faculty

Service-learning at CSU have long played a critical role in carrying out the university's strategic commitments to outreach, diversity, enhanced student learning, instructional innovation and effectiveness, and student retention. Since 1992, Colorado State University has established a nationally-recognized model of service-learning instructional development that has provided university faculty access to a variety of important resources for integrating service and outreach into their academic coursework. To learn more about academic service-learning and the resources and support available to CSU faculty through the Office of Service-Learning, view our information for faculty.

For Students

CSU is dedicated to facilitating meaningful undergraduate experiences that expose students to diverse cultures through community involvement in a broad array of activities that extend learning, foster leadership skills, and promote civic responsibility. Service-learning classes are one important way that students can develop important problem-solving and critical thinking skills while learning about and helping meet needs in the community. To learn more about the benefits of service-learning and the wide arrray of service-learning opportunities that exist at CSU, view our information for students.

To explore the wide range of volunteer and service-learning opportunities available on campus, in Fort Collins and beyond, visit the NEW "one-stop" website Service@CSU!

For Community Agencies

The Office of Service-Learning, in partnership with the Office of Student Leadership, Involvement and Community Engagement (SLiCE), is committed to promoting reciprocal and collaborative partnerships between CSU faculty, students, and community agencies. The purpose of service-learning is to create “partnerships of mutual benefit” in which academic course objectives, student interests, and the needs of community groups are balanced and reciprocally supportive. The Office of Service-Learning and SLiCE offer various resources and opportunities for community non-profit agencies to recruit student service-learners, to communicate with CSU faculty, and to gain information about how to access university resources for their service needs. To learn more about current resources and opportunities, view our information for community agencies.

Sign up for the Service-Learning Listserv!

TILT hosts a listserv to post periodical announcements of on- and off-campus service-learning activities and opportunities, conferences, trainings, funding calls, publication opportunities and research findings. To subscribe, go to the CSU ListServ Web site and subscribe to "Learnserv" under "Subscribe to a non-course related listserv." You may also use your email account and send the four-word message -- subscribe learnserv firstname lastname -- to listserv@colostate.edu.

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