Services and Support
The CSLCE welcomes faculty and course involvement from all colleges and academic majors, and offers the following services and support:
- Develops and assists in the implementation of best practices regarding curriculum integration, reflection and performance evaluation.
- Provides individual and group consultations pertaining to the integration of service-learning and civic engagement into curricula.
- Assists faculty in identifying community partners and service and engagement opportunities that connect to course and departmental themes.
- Facilitates service-based linkages matching academic and professional interests with community needs.
- Maintains a database of service-learning and civic engagement opportunities as defined by community agencies and organizations.
- Conducts class presentations on request.
- Facilitates student enrollment in service-learning positions and provides registration process to insure the coverage of students under the university’s indemnification policy.
- Interviews and/or orients students as to opportunities and expectations.
- Works with community partners to establish and maintain quality and safe service placements.
- Maintains library of resources related to service-learning and civic engagement.
- Provides additional support for faculty interested in the scholarship of engagement.
Faculty development includes, but is not limited to, the offering of the University Outreach and Engagement “Tools of Engagement” Curriculum Modules, MSU Lilly seminars and Office of the Provost “MULTI” seminars, and consultation on community-based research linked to service-learning.