Benchmarks

Since its establishment in 1995, the Service Learning program has:

• Engaged over 13,000 students in registered service learning activities.
• Raised over $1,171,000 in private and federal dollars to support service learning, including three multi-year grants from the Corporation for national and Community Service.
• Garnered national recognition from the Corporation for National and Community Service, Campus Compact, the President's Honor Roll for National and Community Service.
• Received the Governor's Award for Community Service for our Appal Corps program (now named Hometown Industries) in 2001.
• Prepared over 500 students to be in literacy tutors in schools and after school programs through the Literacy Corps, a partnership with the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid.
• Established partnerships with Refugee and Immigration Services, Community Housing Partners, Inc., SCALE, and Tec de Monterrey, Mexico.
• Hosted a University-Community Partnership Conference from 2004-2006.