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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.
1993 Campus team attends Campus Compact Institute and establishes the Office of Service Learning.
1994 Faculty workshops and campus funds support service learning. United Way Day of Caring begins.
1995 Chancellor Bepko supports President Clinton's "America Reads Challenge" and tutoring begins on the near Westside.
1996 IU Strategic Directions funding supports three-year project, resulting in the publication of Service@Indiana University: Defining, Documenting, and Evaluating.
1997 Office of Neighborhood Partnerships established, and campus begins HUD-Community Outreach Partnership Center with Westside Cooperative Organization.
1998 Campus selected by AAHE and Campus Compact as a model program for institutionalizing service learning. Dr. Robert Bringle receives the national Ehrlich Award as an outstanding service-learning educator.
1999 Community Service Scholarship Program established with campus funding. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day-On of Service begins.
2000 IUPUI selected to participate in CHESP international project; hosts a team from University of the Free State (South Africa) and sends a team to South Africa.
2001 Center for Service and Learning formed by combining Office of Service Learning with the Office of Community Service and the Office of Neighborhood Partnerships.
2002 CSL selected eighth best service learning program by U.S. News and World Report.
2003 Community Service Scholarship Program renamed to the Sam H. Jones Community Service Scholarship program in honor of the Sam Jones, long-time Director of the Indianapolis Urban League. Campus designates Commitment to Excellence funds for civic engagement.
2004 Chancellor's Civic Engagement Awards for Faculty and Community established. Office of Community Work Study established.
2005 IUPUI recognized by U.S. News and World Report for having one of the best service-learning programs in the nation for the third year in a row. IUPUI selected by the Princeton Review as a "College with a Conscience" in recognition of its commitment to engaging students in and with the community.
2006 Presidential Award for Community Service: In 2006 IUPUI was selected by the Corporation for National and Community Service as one of the first 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.
2007 The Center for Service and Learning received a designation as a Signature Center for IUPUI. The CSL had one of the 19 proposals funded out of 71 submitted. The Signature Center activities will further establish CSL as a leader in research and scholarship on service learning. The Center for Service and Learning Research Collaborative (CSLRC) will focus on three themes in the first three years: (a) international service learning, (b) assessing outcomes, and (c) diversity and retention.
2008 CSL hosted the 3rd Annual Conference on International Service Learning, with 124 attendees and presentations by 21 IUPUI faculty, staff, and students. CSL also hosted two symposia for 23 authors (8 from IUPUI) and 11 respondents, leading to the publication of a book titled International Service Learning: Conceptual Models and Research. CSL was selected as a Research Advisor for the National Service Learning Clearinghouse to develop web-based resources for service learning research.
IUPUI Center for Service and Learning
801 West Michigan Street | Business/SPEA Building Room BS2010 | Indianapolis, IN 46202 | Phone: 317-278-2662 | Fax: 317-278-7683
