Service Learning

Chancellors Message
Read the message from Chancellor Thomas F. George regarding Service Learning at University of Missouri - St. Louis

Faculty Tools Page
Here are some helpful links to assist faculty.

Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Fellowships Fall 2007
Seven Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Fellowships are available during the fall 2007 semester. Faculty fellows will meet monthly to develop the objectives, requirements, assignments, and assessment plan for integrating a new service-learning or civic engagement experience into a spring semester course. The fellowships are supported by a small grant from Missouri Campus Compact to the Center for Teaching and Learning and the LEAD and Serve Program. Full-time faculty members who have not received Missouri Campus Compact funding in the last three years are eligible for the 2007-2008 Fellows Program. Applications are due August 15. Download program materials and application instructions.

Missouri Campus Compact
The Missouri Campus Compact is a statewide coalition of university and college presidents dedicated "to helping students develop the values and skills of civic participation through involvement in public service" (quotes are taken from the "Basic Tenets" of the national Campus Compact). Our State Compact currently has 32 members, with representatives from each of the categories of four-year public, four-year private, and two-year colleges and universities.

Missouri Campus Compact will hold its 4th Annual Missouri Campus Compact Statewide Conference on Service-Learning, Community Service and Civic Action on Friday and Saturday, October 17-18, 2008 at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. The conference committee goals for 2008 are to share best practices and research, provide an atmosphere for statewide networking, and learn from leaders in the field of civic engagement. Proposals for concurrent sessions and workshops are due on June 6, 2008. Note that the request for proposals encourages faculty and staff to co-present with students. Download the request for proposals

View the 2007 Third Annual Conference Program and registration information.

Grant application announcement
Missouri Campus Compact announces two grant opportunities, one for individual faculty members, and one for our institution as a whole. Funding for these grants is from a Missouri state appropriation designed to support civic engagement in higher education.

AmeriCorps VISTA Member needed for Service Learning
The CTL is currently seeking an AmeriCorps VISTA Member to develop service learning at UM-St. Louis! Become an AmeriCorps*VISTA member and help create a new service-learning program by building partnerships and mobilizing resources that connect students and communities in service to the common good.For more information visit the AmeriCorps Website

Campus Compact
Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 1000 college and university presidents — representing some 5 million students — dedicated to promoting community service, civic engagement, and service-learning in higher education.

Missouri Campus Compact Multi-State Conference: Invitation to Submit a Proposal
CTL would like to invite your participation in the Fifth Annual Multi-State Conference on Civic Engagement. The conference will bring together colleagues from Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and beyond to explore the multiple perspectives on service-learning and civic engagement; share program models and best practices; and network with service-learning practitioners, and community partners. (Brochure PDF)

Community Partnership Project
The Community Partnership Project is a cooperative effort of University of Missouri Extension and the University of Missouri-St. Louis designed to develop community partnership initiatives that link University resources with the needs and priorities of residents and communities in the St. Louis region. CPP offers small grants for faculty projects.

"Service, combined with learning, adds value to each and transforms both" - Honnet & Poulson, 1989