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Service-Learning Program

Our mission is to enhance students' civic development through community-engaged learning that meets real community needs. We support professors and community partners to create connections to develop meaningful experiential learning opportunities for students, through community engaged courses.

The concept is a simple one: Students provide service in their community that is directly connected to their academic coursework, and the community provides an educational experience for the student while receiving support for their work.

Develop and teach a service-based course

Take a service learning class as an IU student

Partner with IU to meet your community need

CEL Conference

Interested in sharing your achievements in community-engaged learning and hearing from fellow faculty, staff, and students about their experiences? Register for the CEL conference, which takes place every spring on the IUB campus. Proposals are welcomed for a variety of session types.

Community Alignment Initiative

The initiative is an effort to align the work of resourcing agencies to systematically support social services while building new connections between campus, government, and community. This is a multi-phase project that is in process.

Read about the latest steps

Carnegie Foundation Elective Classifications: Classification for Community Engagement seal

The Carnegie Elective Community Engagement Classification, which IU Bloomington first received in 2010 and again in 2020, is a prestigious national designation validating that community engagement is embedded within the university’s mission, culture, and curriculum. Maintaining this status confirms IU's dedication to mutually beneficial partnerships that serve the public good and prepare civically engaged graduates.

Contact us

Have questions? Please reach out to us at iubslp@iu.edu.

Service-Learning Program