FACULTY > IMPACT PROJECTS 2006-2008

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To increase the quality, impact and sustainability of the scholarship of engagement through service-learning, civic engagement, applied research, and campus-community collaboration in Florida by 1) Building campus infrastructure, 2) Increasing access and success in traditionally underrepresented populations, and 3) Fostering and enhancing campus-community collaborations.

2006-2008 Institutions:

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Funds will go toward the Center for Leadership and Service to build a firm campus infrastructure in service-learning and create an engaged dialogue for the institutionalization of service-learning. Click for details...

FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE Funds will establish a Center for Service Learning and create a program that will align with the engaged and service-oriented mission of Florida Southern by integrating service-learning and community engagement into the fabric of the campus culture within three years. Click for details...

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY The FSU Sustainable Campus and Community Initiative (SC&C) will build on the already successful Garnet and Gold Goes Green! Recycling Program to expand the vision of a sustainable campus and community. Click for details...

HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE The Impact Project will pair faculty and students from HCC with the Safe-T-Net program operated by the Hillsborough County School District. Click for details...

MIAMI DADE COLLEGE Funds will support a pilot research project that measures the impact of service-learning on the retention and success rates of under-prepared and minority college students to better understand the impact of real-world benefits of service-learning on an at-risk community college population. Click for details...

PALM BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE PBCC will be expanding and institutionalizing service-learning activities on its Lake Worth campus by strengthening infrastructure and financial support for faculty. Click for details...

ROLLINS COLLEGE In conjunction with the first-year mandatory seminar Rollins Conference Course (RCC), a Service Philanthropy Activism Rollins College (SPARC) Day of Community will team all incoming students with course-relevant community partners to engage in a day of service. Click for details...

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA Funds will address building infrastructure, increasing college access and success among underrepresented populations, and enhancing campus-community partnerships. Click for details...

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA: ST. PETERSBURG Funds will support a Service-learning Leadership Academy intended to unite students, alumni, faculty, staff, and corporate and community leaders through a year-long program providing connections and services to the community. Click for details...

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA: TAMPA Funds will enhance infrastructure, reach out to underrepresented populations, build campus-community partnerships, and develop student and faculty interest. Click for details...