Student Development is critical to the mission of the Steans Center and the curriculum of Community Service Studies. All of the programs at Steans are positioned to equip students with the knowledge and experience necessary to transform them into future leaders and socially-engaged 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 privilege/social justice reflections.
There are many opportunities at the Steans Center for students to get involved with community-based service learning. Discover the ways that you can become involved through paid service opportunities.
McCormick Internship
Interns develop a project in collaboration with a community organization that helps better their mission. Past projects have included documentaries, marketing materials, workshops, and research.
Urban School Initiative
The Urban School Initiative serves as a catalyst to improve and expand access to DePaul resources—departments, faculty, and students, in respectful and mutually beneficial ways. We aim to improve access to and coordination of university-wide resources and integral efforts supporting Urban Schools (Catholic and Public Schools). U SI promotes a more comprehensive, strengths-based, community-building approach to our work with urban school partners and their communities. It also opens an ongoing dialogue with schools about their changing needs.
Community Partner Internship
The Community Partner Internship program (CPI) provides DePaul students the opportunity to gain work experience that combine professional development and community involvement.
CSS 395 Community Internship
The CSS 395 course is designed to support junior and senior level students in gaining work experience reflective of their respective academic disciplines, while supporting a community-based organization in the city of Chicago.
Merida Internship
The Merida Internship provides select students from the Winter term Merida Study Abroad Program with the opportunity to extend their stay into Spring term and attain a deeper understanding of how the global political economy impacts local communities in Merida.