Center for Community Service-Learning records, 1985-2008

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Summary

Title:
Center for Community Service-Learning records
Dates:
1985-2008
Creators:
University of San Diego, Center for Community Service-Learning
Abstract:
The records for the Center for Community Service-Learning document community service practices at the University of San Diego between 1985 and 2008. The majority of the records include committee meeting minutes, planning documents, reports, and publicity materials.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Folder Title], Box # Folder #, Center for Community Service-Learning records, Copley Library, University of San Diego, Archives and Special Collections.

Background

Scope and content:

The records for the Center for Community Service-Learning document community service practices at the University of San Diego between 1985 and 2008. The bulk of these records relate to the Associated Students Volunteer Resources Committee and Community Service Committee, the Experiential Education Committee, and the Social Issues Committee. Committee materials consist of informational materials about the committee, meeting minutes, program planning materials, reports, and memos. Materials for the California Campus Compact include program summaries, surveys, and reporting material. Also included in these records are resources about the Campus Compact and general community service projects, a time-line history of the Community Service-Learning program at USD, and a video recording overview of select programs created in 1999.

Biographical / historical:

Community-Service Learning at the University of San Diego provides opportunities for members of the USD community to serve the surrounding area and make life-long commitments to promote social change and justice. Programs sponsored by Community Service-Learning included course-based service learning projects, student run service, work study tutoring, and the Social Issues Committee which sponsored speakers, special events, and an annual conference.

Planning for a Center for Community Service-Learning began in 1985 when the Social Issues Committee was established under the leadership of Provost Sally Furay. In the same year, USD became a founding member of Campus Compact under the leadership of President Author Hughes. A Volunteer Resources Office was then established in 1986 when Judy Rauner was hired as its director. A grant from Campus Compact in 1986 helped to advance the program. Among the early programs administered by Community Service Learning were Linda Vista Adult Literacy (begun in 1988) and Linda Vista Kids (begun in 1990). In 1990, the Student Literacy Corps was established as the first for-credit course centered on community service. Also in the 1989-1990 academic year the Social Issues Committee conducted the first Social Issues Conference. The Social Issues Committee also began sponsoring a Team Taught Courses program that encouraged faculty from different departments to teach a joint course looking at a topic from varied perspectives.

The Associated Students were closely tied to Community Service-Learning having a Volunteer Resources Committee and a Community Service Committee. In 2002, the Associated Students community service area was renamed the Center for Awareness, Service, and Action (CASA).

In 1994, the Volunteer Resources Office was changed to the Office for Community Service-Learning. In 2002, the Office became the Center for Community Service-Learning. In 2014, the Center was renamed the Karen and Tom Mulvaney Center for Community Awareness and Social Action (CASA) in honor of a nearly $3 million dollar gift to expand the reach and impact of the Center for Community Service-Learning.

Processing information:

This collection was processed by Tessie Camina in 2009. Further processing was conducted by Ashley Toutain in 2017.

Arrangement:

The majority of this collection is arranged in alphabetical order.

Physical description:
3 boxes (3 linear feet)
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Ashley Toutain
Date Prepared:
© 2016
Date Encoded:

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Preferred citation:

[Folder Title], Box # Folder #, Center for Community Service-Learning records, Copley Library, University of San Diego, Archives and Special Collections.

Location of this collection:
5998 Alcalá Park
San Diego, CA 92110 2492, US
Contact:
(619) 260-2730
spcoll@sandiego.edu
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