Community Partnership Opportunities
Partnerships contribute to community resiliency and healthy communities. The Center for Community-Engagement (CCE) strives to be a catalyst for establishing and maintaining mutually beneficial community-campus partnerships, dialogs, forums and referrals.
As a Community Affiliate, you’ll experience:
- Shared power and decision-making
- Move beyond boundaries created by difference
- Candid communication, transparency and good will
- Be regarded as an equitable partner and co-educator
- Continuous and shared learning
3 WAYS TO PARTNER WITH US
1. RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS
This is for single events and/or reoccurring volunteer initiatives. Organizations wishing to engage SRU students, faculty, and staff in volunteer opportunities may post events on Give Pulse, the SRU community engagement platform.
SRU partner organizations are encouraged to establish their public Give Pulse presence, affiliate with Slippery Rock University and post upcoming events and opportunities, manage volunteer registration and communication, and request specific volunteer requirements, such as clearances. Give Pulse enables partners to not only reach a wider audience but also to collaborate with one another.
Please contact the RockServe Impact Team at rockserve@sru.edu or through the RockServe Assistance Form with any questions or if further assistance is needed. Visit our You Tube Tutorials for additional resources.
“For all of the Volunteer Days we’ve had that we’ve used RockServe for, we have had full sign-ups as well as a waitlist that has accrued.” — Samantha Laurence, Macoskey Center
2. ACE: ACADEMIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PARTNERSHIPS
This is designed for 12-26 week initiatives. The Center for Community Engagement dedicates its efforts toward integrating community engagement with academic course content. As a result, SRU students are able to develop practical skills and enhance their learning through community engagement. ACE courses are designed around organizational specific goals. For example, some partnerships have resulted in marketing plans, community stories writing, research and data collection, youth mentoring programs, website and social media sites, online fraud prevention, and database development.
ACE activities are ideal for organizations seeking student engagement in tandem with faculty oversight. SRU students benefit from learning about the organization’s mission, vision and course learning outcomes, reinforcing students’ course assignments, reflections, and research.
Organizations seeking opportunities to partner with the SRU faculty or courses should contact the Center for Community Engagement at 724.738.4316.
3. SERVE AS A HAVERLACK CIVIC SCHOLAR COMMUNITY CO-EDUCATOR & HOST SITE
This is a four-year partnership! SRU student Civic Scholars are placed with nearby community organizations for 7-10 hours of weekly volunteering during fall and spring semesters.
To ensure continuous evolving and mutually beneficial partnerships between students and community organizations alike, student developmental knowledge goals and skill-building areas are specified through community learning agreements (CLAs). The CLAs are developed between the site supervisor and Haverlack Civic Scholar each fall and spring.
Through organizational expertise and mentorship, students evolve from direct service volunteering to capacity building roles over time.
For more information on community partnerships, please contact the Center for Community Engagement at 724.738.4316.