Welcome to the Center for Community Service-Learning! Whether you are a faculty member, a student or a community partner, we hope that you will take full advantage of the valuable resources that we have available through the links of this website and in our center.

Our Mission Statement

To advance a culture of meaningful civic engagement by promoting service-learning, sustainable, community-university partnerships and other opportunities for community outreach and leadership.

Service-learning is a pedagogy that provides students with structured opportunities to learn, develop, and reflect through active participation and thoughtfully-organized community involvement. It enhances the academic experience of students by relating academic content and course objectives to issues in the community. Service-learning integrates assessment and student reflection on the interrelationships between course content and community-based learning activities. Conducted in the community, it meets the needs of the students, faculty, and community partners and fosters civic competence and engagement.

As part of the institutional strategic plan, Cal Poly Pomona is diligently working toward extending the influence and resources of the university beyond the campus through quality service-learning opportunities. In the spirit of "learning-by-doing", Cal Poly Pomona faculty, staff, and students actively support and engage in service-learning activities that build meaningful and sustainable community partnerships.

View Cal Poly Pomona's service learning designation procedures and application. 

View the current issue of the Center for Community Service-Learning's Spring 2011 newsletter.