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- Selected for its outstanding work to advance service inititatives, Southern Illinois University Carbondale is among 50 colleges and universities chosen for the Civic and Democratic Learning Initiative, a national effort to enhance service-learning, volunteerism and civic engagement.
- The program is sponsored by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, and the 50 colleges and universities were chosen from among 1,400 member institutions.
- SIU Carbondale's Center for Service Learning and Volunteerism is leading efforts for the initiative on campus and has received a $1,000 Bringing Theory to Practice grant form the American Association of Colleges and Universities to fund an initial meeting this past October and a significant study to take place in spring.
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale is one of just 50 colleges and universities chosen as a lead institution for the Civic and Democratic Learning Initiative, a national effort to enhance service-learning, volunteerism and civic engagement. The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, or NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, sponsors the program. SIU Carbondale was chosen from among 1,400 member institutions to participate on the basis of its outstanding work to advance service initiatives. The Center for Service Learning and Volunteerism is leading the efforts on campus and is undertaking several projects as a lead institution. ...