Student development is critical to the mission of the Steans Center and DePaul. The Center is positioned to equip students with the knowledge and experience necessary to help them develop into future leaders and socially conscious citizens. This comes in part from the hands-on, real world approach of community-based service learning that students experience through coursework, training, workshops, and social justice reflection assignments. There are a wide variety of opportunities at the Steans Center for students to get involved with community-based service learning:
Opportunities for DePaul students
- Student employments at the Steans Center
- Scholarships
- Community-based research assistant opportunities
- Internships with community organizations and schools
- Events and workshops
- Service learning study abroad
For more information, contact
Helen Damon-Moore.
Academic Service-Learning (ASL) is a teaching method that may be integrated into any DePaul course.
At DePaul, we conceptualize ASL as a pedagogical tool intentionally integrating relevant and meaningful service with the community, academic learning, and civic learning. While it involves students in community service as a learning strategy, ASL is an established teaching/learning method and is not viewed as an "additional requirement," but one that is critical for reaching the learning objectives of your course.
ASL can appear in DePaul courses in several different forms:
Direct Service
Project-based Service
Community-based Research
Advocacy & Solidarity
For questions about how and why service-learning is integrated within your course, please speak directly to your professor.