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Coordinator of Community Service Programs, Office of Community Service Programs, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

The Coordinator of Community Service Programs is responsible for the administration and leadership of programs, services and staff within the Office of Community Service Programs.

The Office works to:

  • provide students with the unique option to enhance their education and work experience beyond the traditional classroom;
  • challenge individuals and groups to become active in service related projects within the local community;
  • strengthen the bond between the University, the local community and other colleges and universities;
  • to encourage students, faculty, and staff to increase their awareness related to community service; and
  • link the USC campus with the national service initiative.

Specific responsibilities include:

  • the placement of students, faculty and staff in community service programs;
  • the promotion the Office of Community Service Programs through presentations, publications, outreach and awareness;
  • advising community service related organizations;
  • developing external sources of funding, research and write grants; managing administrative functions and budgets.

My own service-learning experience helped me to change my undergraduate major to social work. As a student worker with the program, I gained so many skills that helped me to be successful as a social worker and change agent after graduation. Now I help student workers develop these same skills and find the same passion for creating positive change that I have felt."

-Kim Jensen, Assistant Service-Learning Administrator, Marquette University

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