Service Learning
The mission of the CLS Service Learning Program is to develop awareness, understanding, and commitment to service learning by creating a physical and virtual resource center that facilitates interactions between faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, student services staff, and community partners.
As a part of this mission:
- The CLS works actively to serve educational institutions, government and non-governmental organizations, community agencies, and the UF campus community.
- The CLS will organize educational and training tools to aid the development and implementation service learning activities across disciplines.
- The CLS works with faculty to support student learning objectives, as well as develops successful approaches to establish service learning teaching strategies through existing networks, mentors, and resources.
Our Role in Service Learning:
- CLS monitors neighborhood agendas so we can match them to expertise and resources available at the University, turning the community's needs into practical student projects.
- CLS can provide orientation and background information to students who tackle community issues.
- CLS helps evaluate the variety of benefits in service learning projects.
- CLS maintains continuity in working relationships between UF and community partnerships.
- CLS maintains national and regional service learning network resources, including Campus Compact membership.
For some Service Learning-related links, please refer to the links below.