Oregon
Housed within the Center for Academic Excellence, the Student Leaders for Service (SLS) program intentionally builds students' leadership capacity to serve and learn with nonprofit organizations in the Portland metropolitan area. Student Leaders enroll in a three-term course, commit to nine months of direct service (five to ten hours per week) at a community organization linking with their personal academic and career goals, and receive a small stipend. Student Leaders serve as a key link between the University and the community, making manifest PSU's motto: Let Knowledge Serve the City. At Southridge High School, SLS student leaders mentored and tutored high-needs youth.
Housed within the Center for Academic Excellence, the Student Leaders for Service (SLS) program intentionally builds students' leadership capacity to serve and learn with nonprofit organizations in the Portland metropolitan area. Student Leaders enroll in a three-term course, commit to nine months of direct service (five to ten hours per week) at a community organization linking with their personal academic and career goals, and receive a small stipend. Student Leaders serve as a key link between the University and the community, making manifest PSU's motto: Let Knowledge Serve the City. In this partnership, SLS student leaders worked to help the homeless transition into housing at Transitions Projects, Inc.
The EDG:E program is a K-12 community-based learning, civic education, and mentorship program housed at Portland State University’s Center for Academic Excellence (CAE), Student Leaders for Service (SLS) program. The core function of the EDG:E program is to increase student success by intentionally building community-focused leadership skills through the implementation of service-learning/civic engagement clubs at ten schools in the Portland Public Schools (PPS) system. Eight of these schools are elementary schools (four in outer Southeast, and four in North/Northeast) which feed into two Portland high schools - Marshall and Jefferson. EDG:E utilizes a “cascading” mentorship model, in which PSU student leaders mentor high school students, who in turn mentor elementary/middle school students.
The EDG:E program is a K-12 community-based learning, civic education, and mentorship program housed at Portland State University’s Center for Academic Excellence (CAE), Student Leaders for Service (SLS) program. The core function of the EDG:E program is to increase student success by intentionally building community-focused leadership skills through the implementation of service-learning/civic engagement clubs at ten schools in the Portland Public Schools (PPS) system. Eight of these schools are elementary schools (four in outer Southeast, and four in North/Northeast) which feed into two Portland high schools - Marshall and Jefferson. EDG:E utilizes a “cascading” mentorship model, in which PSU student leaders mentor high school students, who in turn mentor elementary/middle school students.
The EDG:E program is a K-12 community-based learning, civic education, and mentorship program housed at Portland State University’s Center for Academic Excellence (CAE), Student Leaders for Service (SLS) program. The core function of the EDG:E program is to increase student success by intentionally building community-focused leadership skills through the implementation of service-learning/civic engagement clubs at ten schools in the Portland Public Schools (PPS) system. Eight of these schools are elementary schools (four in outer Southeast, and four in North/Northeast) which feed into two Portland high schools - Marshall and Jefferson. EDG:E utilizes a “cascading” mentorship model, in which PSU student leaders mentor high school students, who in turn mentor elementary/middle school students.
