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Residential community service programs: ICE (Inter-Community Experience) Program and a Service House

Southern Methodist University - TX, Texas

Southern Methodist University has two residential community service programs. The ICE (Inter-Community Experience) Program has three main components: a seminar course on urban issues, enrichment programs for neighborhood youth, and a house in the neighborhood accommodating 4 students in the program. The house was built by SMU students in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity and serves as the centerpiece for this program.

Website: http://www.smu.edu/ice/welcome.htm The second program is the SMU Service House, a cooperative living theme house for 28 student volunteers in a former fraternity house on campus. Residents, under the guidance of a hall director, coordinate everything from kitchen duty to service projects.

Website: http://www.smu.edu/housing/new/rhi/servicehouse.htm

Texas Campus Compact provides tangible, imaginative, and effective ways for institutions to engage in civic service. At TCU our mission is to 'think and act as ethical leaders and responsible citizens in the global community.' Campus Compact therefore is an ideal partner."

-Victor Boschini, Chancellor, Texas Christian University

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