UIUC and Local

Public Engagement Home Page

This site provides links to a number of UIUC programs and other units whose central missions are to facilitate public service and student engagement.

Find A Campus Resource

There are hundreds of programs, resources, and projects involving public engagement.  Partnership Illinois Index and the Public Service Database may be used to locate these ongoing opportunities.

 

A Faculty Guide for Relating Public Service to the Promotion and Tenure Review Process

This guide was prepared by the Senate Committee on Continuing Education and Public Service and the Office of Continuing Education and Public Service.

University of Illinois Extension Home Page

University of Illinois Extension provides practical, research-based information and programs to help individuals, families, farms, businesses and communities in Illinois.

Office for Professional Development and Public Service Home Page

The OPDPS was created to provide visibility and structure to the professional development and public service mission of the College of Education.  The College's public service commitment is broadly conceived to connect the academic and professional expertise of its faculty to real world problems, issues and concerns that contribute to the public welfare or common good.

Office of Continuing Education Home Page

The OCE's mission is to provide leadership for lifelong learning and distance education. The OCE provides undergraduate, graduate, and professional development programs as well as personal enrichment programs.

Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society

This site provides links to information about diversity on campus, programs and scholarship information, conference information, and committee and forum information.

League of Women Voters of Champaign County Illinois Home Page

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan, political organization which encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, influencing public policy through education and advocacy.

CIC

University of Michigan's Journal of Community Service Learning

MJCSL is a national, peer-reviewed journal consisting of articles written by faculty and service-learning educators on research, theory, pedagogy, and issues pertinent to the service-learning community.

University of Michigan's Arts of Citizenship Home Page

Arts of Citizenship is a program that concentrates on building a bridge between the University and its community.  Their activities include community partnerships, forums, experimental teaching and research support.

University of Michigan School of Social Work's Research and Public Service Home Page

This site includes information on the school's research projects, public service and training opportunities, and links to related sites.

University of Michigan's Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy Home Page

Through research, teaching, and outreach involving academic researchers and policy practitioners, CLOSUP's mission is to foster society's understanding of the problems facing states, cities, and metropolitan areas and to seek effective solutions to them.

University of Chicago's University Community Service Center Home Page

UCSC is an organization working to foster an active culture of community service at U of C.

Indiana University's Community Outreach & Partnerships in Service-Learning Home Page

Community Outreach & Partnerships in Service-Learning provides assistance connecting community engagement with course-based learning.

Indiana University and Purdue University's Center for Service and Learning Home Page

This organization's mission is to involve students, faculty, and staff in service activities that mutually benefit the campus and community and collaborate with other campus units, develop community partnerships, promote service learning, and coordinate programs.

University of Iowa's Community Partnerships and Outreach

This database contains more than 371 listings of services offered to Iowans through the combined energy of UI's faculty, students and staff.

Michigan State University's Service-Learning Center Home Page

This site offers resources for those MSU students interested in integrating community involvement with classroom experiences and who seek to serve in the local community.

University of Minnesota's Council on Public Engagement Home Page

This University-wide Council was charged in 2000 with strengthening UMinn's public mission across the full range of University activities, and to make practical proposals for institutionalizing public engagement as a continuing priority.

Northwestern University's Civic Education Program Home Page

Through school break programs and summer courses, the CEP combines traditional education and community service to promote civic responsibility among young people.

Penn State's Cooperative Extension and Outreach Home Page

The mission of Penn State Cooperative Extension is to extend nonformal outreach educational opportunities to individuals, families, businesses, and communities throughout Pennsylvania.

University of Wisconsin-Madison's Community & Outreach Home Page

This page links to different resources for community partnerships and continuing education at UW-Madison.

National

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to apply knowledge to solve the problems of people.  The Foundation focuses on building the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions to solve their own problems.

Association of American Colleges & Universities Civic Engagement Home Page

AAC&U works to advance both the individual benefits of a college education and the ways that higher education serves the public good.  Their projects and publications help campuses develop courses and programs that enable students to gain knowledge, but also to learn how to use knowledge ethically in the service of the public good.

National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges

Founded in 1887, the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) is the nation's oldest higher education association. It is a voluntary association of public universities, land-grant institutions and many of the nation's public university systems.

Corporation for National and Community Service

The Corporation for National and Community Service connects Americans of all ages and backgrounds with opportunities to give back to their communities and their nation through voluntary service.

Stanford University's Haas Center for Public Services

This organization promotes, organizes, and supports public and community service by members of the Stanford community.

Epicenter

EpiCenter is an online source of effective program practices sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The mission of EpiCenter is to support the development of sustainable programs by sharing what works in community service and volunteering.

Civic Practices Network

CPN is a collaborative and nonpartisan project bringing together a diverse array of organizations and perspectives within the new citizenship movement.