Student Opportunities

Cultivating civic identity to enhance work, life, and citizenship.

We encourage students at Slippery Rock University to begin their community engagement journey as a volunteer in one of our short-term service projects or through enrollment in a HIP (high impact practice) academic community-engaged learning course. As students become more involved and knowledgeable about our communities, they may seek to enhance their leadership skills through deeper engagement through a longer-term commitment to a community organization, participation in a service program, or leading a community event, project, or initiative with a community partner.

Find Volunteer & Service Opportunities

Your volunteer service and community engagement journey at Slippery Rock University begins at RockServe !

WHAT IS ROCKSERVE?

RockServe provides a single-stop location where students can easily find, and register for volunteer opportunities and service-based events. RockServe allows students to digitally connect with organizations and community partners both on and off-campus for meaningful short-term or long-term engagement. It also facilitates the logging and verifying of impacts and hours for SRU students; maintaining a cumulative summary of each individual’s community engagement portfolio.

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Why Should I Track My Impact Hours on Rockserve?

Tracking community impacts (e.g. service hours, project outcomes, donations, etc.) provides a number of benefits:

Student volunteers obtain digital verification from campus and community partners to log and quantify their community engagement and impact
Students can download (at any time) their personalized RockServe summary as documented evidence of their cumulative community service and engagement record in support of professional applications and resumes.
Students use verified impacts and hours to apply for and receive a variety of SRU civic engagement badges and awards.
Community partners receive service data as a reciprocal gesture that supports their organization as they solicit donors, apply for grant funding, and assess community assets

How can I receive help using RockServe?

 Students, faculty, staff, and community members are encouraged to reach out to the RockServe Street Team at rockserve@sru.edu for support and guidance using the platform. Visit our RockServe Resources, Training & Support to access instructional guides and videos or to request a training. 

Community & Civic Engagement Programs

HAVERLACK GOOD CITIZEN SCHOLARSHIP

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. 

For more information or to apply, please click here.

BONNER LEADER PROGRAM

The Bonner Leader Program is a nationally recognized four-year civic engagement program that is intended to build the knowledge, skills, and goals of Bonner Leaders as community leaders, civic professionals, and engaged global citizens. 
In addition to providing participants a strong foundation in community service and civic engagement, Bonner Leaders are connected to a network of peers, staff, faculty, and community co-educators. These connections are intentionally structured to provide academic support and resources, mentoring from peers and community-based professionals, and a social network.  

For more information, click here  or contact bonner@sru.edu.

Civic Engagement Badges

RISING STAR COMMUNITY SERVICE BADGE

The Rising Star Community Service badge is awarded to SRU students that demonstrate a commitment to service and sense of social and civic responsibility to others and their communities. Awarded only once per student, the badge is based on both the amount of verified impact hours of service during their time at Slippery Rock University, as well as their understanding of personal and professional responsibilities to others and communities. Awardees will be publicly recognized and receive a digital Rising Star Community Service badge that will be displayed on their RockServe profile and can be shared on personal and professional social media platforms such as LinkedIn.

RISING STAR COMMUNITY IMPACT BADGE

The Rising Star Community Impact badge seeks to recognize SRU students whose community engagement efforts have significantly:      

Advanced a community organization’s mission and work. 
Increased or expanded a community organization’s capacity. 
Empowered others to serve or lead community initiatives.

Awardees are publicly recognized and receive a digital Rising Star Community Impact badge that appears on their RockServe profile and that can be shared on other personal and professional social media platforms. For more information or to apply, click here .

EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE BADGE

The Excellence in Service badge is awarded to SRU students that have proven exceptional effort in “going the extra mile” to provide direct service to the communities and causes they care about. Awarded only once per individual, the badge is based on a student's cumulative impact hours of verified service rendered during their time at Slippery Rock University.  Awardees are publicly recognized and receive a digital Excellence in Service badge that appears on their RockServe profile and that can be shared on other personal and professional social media platforms. For more information or to apply, click here.

Additional Paid Leadership Opportunities

Students may get involved in various leadership positions within the Office for Community-Engaged Learning to develop professional knowledge and skills while working to advance and strengthen the OCEL’s mission and work.

Strategic Communications Coordinators

Strategic Communications Coordinators are crucial to help the OCEL communicate its vision, mission, and programming to on and off-campus constituents via social media, web writing, and graphic design. 
For more information, please contact ocel@sru.edu.

ROCKSERVE SPECIALISTS

RockServe Specialists are student members of the OCEL’s RockServe Street Team who are trained to support SRU students, faculty, staff, and community partners in leveraging SRU’s digital community-engagement platform, RockServe. The Specialist’s role includes onboarding organizations, training new users, providing platform support, promoting events posted on RockServe, and advocating for RockServe on campus and in the community.
 For more information, please contact ocel@sru.edu.

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