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Service for First Year Students

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) - IN, Indiana

IUPUI Office of Community Service coordinated the Service First outreach event for first-year students with a tour of communities near the IUPUI campus. Students learned about the history of the IUPUI-neighborhood organization (WESCO)partnership and visited a community center. At the community center, students worked with the preschool and kindergarten children to create a craft, they played games with senior citizens, and prepared lunch.

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Independent evidence suggest[s] that attending an institution that is a member of Campus Compact increases the student's odds of participating in community service during college."

-The Review of Higher Education, Winter 2002 (p. 157)