Center for Service Learning and Community-Based Research
About the Center
The Center for SL & CBR is a collaborative effort of students, faculty, staff and community organizations working together to create partnerships and enhance student learning while filling community needs.
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The Center for Students
Projects help you draw meaningful connections between classroom learning and the world beyond the campus, helping you understand your role as a responsible citizen in a complex world.
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Upcoming Courses
Learn what SL or CBR courses are offered in the upcoming semesters.
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Active & Ongoing Projects
Students in a CAS 201 course began an extended research project in Spring 2011 that investigates the history of buildings that comprise the skyline of the City of Reading as seen through the windows of the Pagoda, a local landmark and tourist attraction.
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Completed Projects
In an interdisciplinary upper-level course, students partnered with the Jewish Community Center to gather images for a photographic history book which was accepted for publication in Arcadia's Images of America series. View completed projects »
The Center for Faculty
The Center includes faculty from disciplines including economics, global studies, health and human sexuality, math, education, and communication arts and sciences. Personnel will assist you with the logistical planning and execution of your project.
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The Center for Community Organizations
You can tap into the enthusiasm, energy, and intellect of Penn State Berks undergraduates who are interested in working with you to fill organizational needs including, but not limited, to research activities. More information for interested community organizations »
The Center in the News and the Community
Dr. Grobman brought the Center for SL & CBR (formerly known at The Laboratory for Public Scholarship and Democracy at Penn State Berks) to the college in Fall 2010. See how the Center has made the news since its official launch.
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Civic and Community Engagement Minor
In the minor students integrate democratic, professional, and creative development. In particular, the minor serves to encourage, recognize, and systematize student participation in public service or problem-based fieldwork and research.
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The Journal
The Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research is a new, refereed, multidisciplinary, online journal that invites undergraduates to join the academic conversation on service learning and community-based research.
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Online Resources
A vault of online resources including similar programs in universities around the country as well as online databases and periodicals compiled by the Center's staff. To see online resources »
For more information, e-mail Dr. Laurie Grobman (leg8@psu.edu) or call 610-396-6141.