Save the Date: Service Showcase and Celebration

April 20, 2023

The annual Service Showcase and Celebration recognizes a year of service and community-engaged work at KU.

RSVP for the Service Showcase + Celebration

The Service Showcase is an opportunity for students of all levels to share their service projects and experiences with the University community and Lawrence community partners. This opportunity will provide students an opportunity to network with service minded professionals, practice their presentation skills, and add additional experience to their educational portfolio. 

Encourage your students to submit presentation proposals for the Service Showcase by April 6.



The CSL Ambassador Program connects faculty, staff, students, and community partners who are interested in promoting service-learning and civic engagement.

Ambassadors serve as liaisons to their department, unit, organization, and network to champion the integration of community and civic engagement.

Next SL Ambassador Meeting:

3/7, Time TBD



Next CE Ambassador Meeting: 2/16, 1pm

Learn more about how you

can represent your office or department through the

CSL Ambassador Program.

Community Service Capacity Awards are available to KU students through the Center for Service Learning to address barriers and challenges to service participation and engagement with and in communities.

Please encourage any students experiencing barriers/hardships in supporting service learning course activities to apply for a Community Service Support Award.

Engaged KU Story Map

The Engaged KU Story Map highlights stories that exemplify the university’s community engagement across projects in research and scholarship, learning, and civic participation. This initiative spotlights the diverse ways that KU departments, units, and multidisciplinary initiatives are manifesting their commitment to community engagement.

To include a story of community-engaged efforts, submit a project for the Engaged KU Story Map.



CELS Summit 2023: Thanks for Participating!

Thank you to those that participated in our 2023 Summit on Community-Engaged Learning and Scholarship!

Missed the event or a session you wanted to attend? Review all CELS Summit concurrent session recordings on our CSL YouTube channel!

The Certificate in Service Learning recognizes undergraduate students' experiences in utilizing classroom skills to meet community-identified needs through service and civic action.

Once a student has earned the certificate, it is acknowledged on their official academic transcript.

Learn more about the

Certificate in Service Learning.

Upcoming Event: CSL's Matchmakers

Date: February 14

Time: 10am-11:30am

Location: Jayhawk Room, Kansas Union

This event enlivens and sparks campus-community partnerships using a speed dating format so you can meet and engage with others working toward mutual goals of bettering our communities.

This year's Matchmakers theme is youth development: if you work in or study this area, please join us to build partnerships at the event!

RSVP for Matchmakers.

Add Matchmakers to your Calendar.



Faculty Feature:

Joseph Erba

This semester, undergraduate students in Joseph Erba's JMC 640 class are collaborating with the Kansas Region American Red Cross to develop a communication campaign aimed at increasing the number of blood donors on campus and in Lawrence.

The campaign will place a particular emphasis on increasing the number of African-American blood donors in an effort to fight sickle cell disease, which disproportionally affect African Americans. Students will work with the American Red Cross to promote a blood drive on campus the week of April 10, and will also propose a campaign for a blood drive for sickle cell disease in Lawrence for the Juneteenth holiday.

This project is supported in part by a Service Learning Instructional Mini-Grant.

Service Learning Instructional Mini-Grants

Mini-grants encourage and support faculty in engaging students with the broader community through service-learning, by integrating community-based experiences and learning as part of the course curriculum.

Faculty of all career tracks (full and part time) can apply for $500-$1,000 per course section.

Mini-Grant applications are accepted on a rolling basis.



National Network Opportunities: Campus Compact

Webinar: Campus Structures and Functions for Equitable Engagement

February 23

3:00pm-4:30pm EST

Learn More

Faculty Development Curriculum Redesign Institute

March 1-2

1:00pm-5:00pm EST

Learn More

If you have interest in participating in any of these opportunities, please email us to get connected!

If your courses incorporate community engagement, volunteer, or service components, it may qualify for our Service Learning Course Designation!

Designated courses count towards the service learning course requirement for the Certificate in Service Learning.

Submit your course for

Service Learning Designation.



Have a community-engaged research project in mind? Looking for a community partner for your service learning class? Not sure where to begin? Let us know how we can include you in partnerships, or how we can help you create them.

Complete our partnerships and opportunities survey.