Join the KU Center for Service Learning for our

Third Annual Pathways to Service Scavenger Hunt!

Throughout Hawk Week, explore the service-related student organizations, offices, and activities available to you on campus and in the Lawrence community.

Between August 18 and 27, accomplish as many of our pre-determined "tasks" as you can to receive various levels of CSL promotional items. There will be featured activities and tasks each day, which will serve as opportunities to meet other students participating in the Scavenger Hunt as well as CSL staff and student leaders.

If you're interested in participating in volunteering, advocacy, and other forms of civic action, this program is a great way to familiarize yourself with the variety of opportunities available to you while geographically orienting yourself to campus and the community!

Sign Up for the Scavenger Hunt Microsoft Team.

Featured Service Opportunity:

KU TPE Student Navigators

Are you interested in service learning, helping others, and creating a more inclusive environment for college students with intellectual disabilities?

KU TPE is a 2-year undergraduate program for KU with intellectual disabilities. Students in TPE take courses at KU, have career internships, and enjoy campus life with the other KU undergraduates.

TPE is selecting about 20 KU students to serve as Student Navigators!

What You Get:

• International Peer Educator Training Certification through the College Reading & Learning Association
• Progress toward a Certificate in Service Learning
• Opportunity to be a paid KU TPE Navigator Leader
• Leadership experience

Time Commitment:

• At least 25 volunteer hours per semester
• Enrollment in C+T 598: Student Navigators: Service Learning Experience (T 4:30-5:20) - 1 credit hour

Student Navigators Might Support TPE Students As They:

• Meet others and make friends
• Navigate campus and the Lawrence community
• Participate in KU student clubs, activities, intramural sports, etc.
• Use study tools and technologies

How To Get Involved:

• Enroll in C+T 598: Student Navigators: Service Learning Experience (Tu 4:30-5:20)
• Complete the TPE Volunteer Interest Form
• Share with your friends and classmates

Questions? Email Lana Seibel,

KU TPE Student Life Coordinator (lana.seibel@ku.edu).

Come attend the Volunteer Fair on Thursday, August 31 from 2-5 pm! This event kicks off the school year by bringing KU students together with some amazing local organizations. This event will be held in person at the Kansas Memorial Union!

Included in the fair will be organizations offering post-graduate volunteer opportunities and Lawrence community organizations offering volunteer opportunities to students. This is a great chance for students to explore a variety of volunteer positions and visit with organizations about their needs. Come explore and start volunteering!

View a list of attending organizations at the Volunteer Fair.

Volunteer.ku.edu is a volunteer recruitment site run by the Center for Community Outreach, one of our student organizations.

Check out the site and sign up for the service opportunities posted by the Center for Service Learning, and the CCO's 13 programs.

Explore volunteer.ku.edu.

Want to get involved in community and civic engagement? Have questions on available opportunities and how to find them? 

Stop by the CSL’s monthly Open Office Hours in our office (Strong Hall, Room 150).

We are available to answer your questions about community service, civic engagement, and more!

Funds are available to KU students to help address barriers and challenges to service participation and engagement with and in communities. Students who may experience barriers (e.g., transportation, childcare) or hardships (e.g., finances to purchase service project materials, missed days of work for service) in supporting community engagement and service activities may apply for a Community Service Capacity Award through the Center for Service Learning.

The CSCA is a need-based service award that may support an award of $300 or less based on the amount requested to address the level of need presented in the application. Accepting an award may impact any existing financial aid package. Before accepting this award, students are responsible for contacting the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships to determine how it may affect your total financial aid award package.

For additional information,

please contact the Center for Service Learning.

The CSL is hiring a Student Community Action Corps position for the ThrYve program, a youth violence prevention initiative in Wyandotte County.

The ThrYve Youth Development Facilitator will be responsible for leading weekly after-school sessions, assisting in curriculum development and adaptation, and documenting youth activity progress.

Apply for the Corps Position.

We invite you to consider earning a Certificate in Service Learning. During the 2022-2023 academic year, 51 students were awarded 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. 



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.