RSVP Today: Pancakes and Partnerships

Date: November 9

Time: 9am-10:30am

Location: Kansas Room, Kansas Union

This networking event will consist of guided discussion between KU faculty, staff, and Lawrence community-based organizations in an informal space to explore potential connections around what drives us to build vibrant and increasingly just communities.

Those who are or have been involved with service learning, or are interested in being involved in the future are welcome to join!

RSVP for Pancakes and Partnerships.



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.

Learn more about how you

can represent your office or department through the

CSL Ambassador Program.

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.

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.



Community Service Capacity Awards

Students who may experience barriers or hardships in supporting community engagement and service activities may apply for a Community Service Support 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.

Encourage your students to learn more about and apply for a Community Service Capacity Award.

Finding Volunteer Opportunities: 

volunteer.ku.edu

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

Encourage your students to 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.

Resource Spotlight: Service Learning and Civic Engagement Canvas Modules

The CSL has two new modules shared to the Canvas Commons for faculty and course instructors to include in their classes this year!

KU Service Learning: Service 101- Learn Before You Serve

This module includes all components of Service 101, a service orientation activity required for the Certificate in Service Learning.

KU Civic Engagement: Elections Participation

This module contains information about participating in electoral processes as well as a link to register to vote!

You can find these modules by navigating to the "Commons" portion of Canvas, and searching "KU Center for Service Learning." Click on the module you'd like to add and then select "Import/Download" to add the module to your course.



National Network Opportunities: Campus Compact

Book Launch: Anti-Racist Community Engagement- Principles and Practices

September 21

3-4:15pm ET

Learn More

ESC 23rd Annual Conference

Conference Theme: Mobilizing Change through Engaged Scholarship

October 4-5, 2023

East Lansing, MI

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



Jayhawks are ALL IN To Vote

Encourage eligible students in your class to complete, update, or confirm their voter registration using ALL IN To Vote, KU's custom voter registration platform!

Have questions about discussing political topics in the classroom? We have a resource page to help!

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.



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.



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.