Center for Service & Learning

Center Overview

Check out this IUPUI class working with the community!

Last year

The Office of Service Learning worked with 83 faculty members on teaching and scholarship related to service learning.

Contact Robert Bringle or Julie Hatcher for information on events sponsored by Center for Service and Learning.

Links of Interest

CSL Timeline History Recent Publications

Carnegie Classification for “Community Engagement”: In 2006, IUPUI was among the first of 62 campuses in the country to receive the “Community Engagement” classification through the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The campus received the designation for both “Curricular Engagement” and “Community Partnerships.”

Presidential Award for Community Service, 2006: In the inaugural year for this award, IUPUI was selected by the Corporation for National and Community Service as one of three universities in the country (out of 510 applications) to receive the Presidential Award for exceptional accomplishments in General Student Community Service activities. Additionally, the campus received Distinction for Hurricane Katrina Relief Service. Both of these awards are part of the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

Saviors of our Cities, 2006: IUPUI was recognized in a national report by the New England Board of Higher Education as one of 25 urban colleges and universities that have dramatically strengthened the economy and quality of life of their neighboring communities. The campus was ranked the highest among the public universities named for this distinction.

Beyond the Books Project: In 2007 IUPUI was selected for inclusion in the inaugural edition of the Guide to Service-Learning Colleges and Universities. This is a national college recruiting tool for incoming students. IUPUI was recognized as a “school with an excellent service-learning program,” and the Sam H. Jones Community Service Scholarship Program was highlighted as an outstanding program.

The 2008 edition of America’s Best Colleges from US News and World Report listed IUPUI as one of 38 universities with outstanding service-learning programs. IUPUI has received this distinction annually since 2002.

In 2005 IUPUI was one of 81 colleges and universities from a pool of over 900 nominations selected by The Princeton Review and Campus Compact as a “College with a Conscience.”

In 2001, The American Association of State Colleges and Universities selected IUPUI as a campus tht demonstrated a high level of commitment to civic engagement.

In 1998, the American Association of Higher Education, Campus Compact, and the National Society for Experiential Education identified IUPUI as a Model of Good Practice for the institutionalization of service learning.

In 1996, IUPUI was one of four campuses selected to participate in the Kellogg Peer Review of Professional Service project.