The CSL in a Nutshell
Monthly Updates for Students from the Center for Service Learning
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Professional Development Opportunity:
Kansas Service and Civic Engagement Conference
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Join fellow civic-minded students to share your collegiate service learning and civic engagement experiences and learn more about what other students have done at the Kansas Service and Civic Engagement Conference! This program will be held virtually on November 3 and 4.
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Student Organization Spotlight:
Alternative Breaks
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Alternative Breaks provides immersive volunteer experiences that educate students and foster a lifelong commitment to service. These opportunities address pressing issues and facilitate change in personal perspectives through education, direct service, and reflection.
The AB team is currently accepting applications for their winter break program. This year, the program includes:
- three in-person out-of-state sites occurring from 1/9 to 1/15
- two in-person local sites occurring from 1/3 to 1/14
- one virtual site occurring from 1/3 to 1/14
All selected participants will also participate in pre-break "classes" to prepare for engaging in immersive service.
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CSL Course Opportunity:
UNIV 492- Special Projects in the Community
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This winter, the CSL will be offering an online six-week section of "UNIV 492: Special Projects in the Community." Course content of UNIV 492 deepens students' understanding of service work by introducing knowledge and skills needed to carry out effective and ethical volunteer efforts.
Students can select their own service project and enroll in the "Local" section of the course, and students participating in an Alternative Winter Break can enroll in the "Alternative Breaks" section.
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Student Leader Spotlight:
ExCEL Award Finalists
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Fifteen KU students have been selected as finalists for the 31st annual Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership Awards at the University of Kansas. Three winners will be announced at the conclusion of Homecoming week, which culminates in the KU-Texas Tech football game at 3 p.m. Oct. 16 at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.
Special congratulations to these students, who serve as leaders of some of the student organizations we advise, for making it to the final round of this award process:
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Tamara-Doubra Anoruse-Thomas
Senior, Microbiology
Lagos, Nigeria
President
LEAD UP
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Yasmin Edrees
Senior, Behavioral Neuroscience
Overland Park, Kansas
Communications Director
Center for Community Outreach
Co-President
HEAL KU
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Megah Shah
Senior in Human Biology
Lawrence, Kansas
Events Director
Center for Community Outreach
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CSL Partnership Opportunity:
Community Service Advocates
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The Community Service Advocates group is an opportunity for students passionate about community service or leaders of various KU student service organizations to come together and network, build partnerships and learn from one another on a regular basis.
channel and learn more about the Community Service
Advocates and our Kansas Day of Advocacy project.
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Civic Engagement Spotlight:
Voting in Upcoming Elections
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If you are eligible to vote in US elections, make sure you have your voting plan in place to participate in the upcoming election cycle! The voter registration deadline has passed in Kansas but those deadlines, as well as mail-in ballot request and ballot return deadlines vary based on where you're decided to vote. Be sure to check those dates as soon as possible!
more resources and information!
The KU Center for Service Learning and its employees are not election officials, and their efforts regarding election participation and voter registration are made solely for educational purposes.
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Service Learning Opportunity:
Certificate in Service Learning
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We invite you to consider earning a Certificate in Service Learning. Obtaining your certificate involves taking classes, engaging in volunteer work, and reflecting on your service learning experiences. Once you have earned the certificate, it is acknowledged on your official academic transcript.
There are a number of steps to complete the Certificate in Service Learning, make sure you visit our website to learn more about where you are in the process or where to start if you are just beginning! The deadline to apply to graduate from a certificate in any semester can be found on the Office of the University Registrar's calendar as "Undergraduate Application for Graduation Deadline."
You can apply to graduate from the Certificate program as soon as all of the requirements are completed, even if that is before you graduate from KU!
If you have questions about your personal progress toward
completion of the Certificate in Service Learning, please email our Certificate Coordinator at serve@ku.edu.
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Community Service Opportunity Spotlights |
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KC United! is looking for volunteers to assist with running youth football programming in Kansas City, Kansas. For over ten years, KC United! has been dedicated to helping improve the overall health and quality of life for the residents of Wyandotte County and the surrounding areas.
LEAD UP (Leadership Education Adolescent Development with Unlimited Potential) is a student organization working with high school youth from racial and ethnic minorities to attain college education. This semester, virtual support programming is taking place on on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons.
Loud Light is a nonpartisan organization focused on increasing youth civic participation in Kansas. Loud Light Action Volunteers have done many varied jobs running the gamut from voter registration tabling to text/phone banking.
As a GED tutor, your job will be to serve as an instructor to help people complete their education and obtain a GED certificate. You will be paired with one or more students during a time when you are available.
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Upcoming Events + Activities |
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October 19, 5:45-7:45pm: City Commission Meeting
October 19, 6:30pm: "Searching for La Yarda" Screening
October 20, 4-5pm: Discussion: What’s the Matter with American Politics
October 20, 5:30-7:30pm: County Commission Meeting
October 23, 9am-12pm: Apple Tree Planting With The Giving Grove
October 23, 12-1:30pm: Self Defense Workshop
KU Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity
October 25, 7-9pm: Town Hall on Racial Representation in Local Elections
October 28, 3-4pm: Student Organization Elections and Transitions
November 1, 1-3pm: The Trans Closet Winter Drive & Cider Social
November 2, 7-8pm: General Member Meeting
November 3-4: Kansas Service + Civic Engagement Conference
November 4, 2-3pm: Building the Best Leadership Team
November 9, 2-3pm: Community Service Advocates Meeting
November 10, 7:30pm: Common Book Lecture: "Braiding Sweetgrass"
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Center for Service Learning
The University of Kansas
Strong Hall, Room 150
1450 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66046
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Through community and campus partnerships, the Center for Service Learning advances service-learning, community-engaged scholarship, and civic engagement that fosters a commitment to participation for a diverse, just, and global society. |
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