HAVERLACK GOOD CITIZEN SCHOLARSHIP
The Frank and Margaret Haverlack Good Citizen Scholarship at Slippery Rock University was established by C. Elliott Haverlack (’80) in 2019 with a donation of $1,000,000. Haverlack scholarships support highly motivated, high-need students who demonstrate a “Servant Heart” and a commitment to becoming the community service leaders of tomorrow. Haverlack scholars are expected to uphold community service as a way of life at Slippery Rock University and beyond.
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SRU Civic Scholars Program
The goal of the Civic Scholars program is to empower participating students to take actions that improve the SRU campus and external community, and the quality of life of its members, as preparation for lives of public purpose and engaged citizenship.
By the end of the developmental 4-year program, the SRU Civic Scholars will be able to:
- Engage civically on campus and in the local community.
- Describe how their identity shapes their approach to service.
- Motivate peers to engage in community service and civic action
- *Apply a civic skillset to their chosen profession, community, and personal life.
- Create a signature work that benefits the community.
*The civic skillset for the Civic Scholars program includes:
- Knowledge of place and community as context for learning, engagement, and action.
- Ability to reflect on experience to gain insight and guide action.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with others.
- Listen attentively and with patience
- Convey ideas across difference - orally and in writing
- Name and frame community issues.
- Develop cultural humility, empathy, compassion, and courage to act in service of the greater good
- Develop and explain a personal understanding of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
- Seek out and engage with multiple perspectives
- Demonstrate a commitment and responsibility to self and others.
The Civic Scholars program is based on four cornerstones:
Cornerstone 1: FIND YOUR PURPOSE: (1st semester of program)
- Students formulate their public purpose through an active exploration of the community context and issues, and undertake an experiential discovery of diverse pathways of service and civic engagement that could address them.
Cornerstone 2: PURSUE YOUR PATH: (2nd semester through end of 2nd year)
- Students connect their passions and purpose with the needs and interests of community members and apply their gifts, talents, and skills to serve others and motivate peers to engage in service and civic action.
Cornerstone 3: MAKE AN IMPACT: (3rd year)
- Students implement a signature work that, in collaboration with others, benefits the community and the lives of community members in a meaningful and measurable way.
Cornerstone 4: LEAVE A LEGACY: (4th year)
- Students demonstrate their achievement of program outcomes and developmental journeys of learning and growth through civic action portfolios designed to inspire and motivate others to serve and lead for the public good.
The SRU Civic Scholars are sponsored by the Frank & Margaret Haverlack Good Citizen Scholarship.