The Center for Service Learning at Fort Lewis College works to develop symbiotic, non-hierarchical partnerships between the college and the local/regional community in order to develop cross-disciplinary institutes around pressing community needs and problems. The institutes are a means of mobilizing the resources of the college into the community to aid community partners in multifaceted dimensions of community/building/social change and utilizing community members in the college’s efforts to engage students in meaningful, participatory and education experiences based on civic values. Current projects include: America Reads tutoring program; regional coalition on poverty and homelessness; regional behavioral risk study for San Juan Basin Health Department; economic development in Silverton, CO; ethnographic study on migrant families for Colorado Department of Education; project development and curriculum integration for service learning courses in Sociology, Psychology, English, Economics, Chemistry, Writing program and Art.

Web page: http://www.fortlewis.edu/acad-aff/geninfo/acadsupp.html#service