With her Community-based research SURF Fellowship, Maggie West helped to launch the Community Empowerment Fund (CEF), a pilot program in Chapel Hill that provides small loans to individuals experiencing or at-risk of experiencing homelessness. Over the course of the summer term, CEF worked with 18 individuals--5 of whom became borrowers.
For more information on community-based research funding opportunities, read more.
In the News
October 28 - Center for Public Service marks 10 years of outreach :more information:
October 1 - APPLES Organizer, Marion Bouicault wins the Morris K. Udall Scholarship for environmental studies :more information: (page 2)
October 1 - APPLES Alumni, John Meyer spent the summer studying & volunteering in Honduras :more information: (page 9)
APPLES Updates
Upcoming Events December 4, 10am-2:00pm Participatory Approaches to Research Workshop, ACC Andrews Center (Raleigh)
Application Deadlines Rolling Submissions Rolling Submissions APPLES Partnership Grants
May 31, 2010 Call for Papers: Journal of Community and Applied Psychology
General Information Read APPLES' 2008-2009 Annual Review. View Spring 2010 APPLES' Course listings. Please check regularly for updates. (Updated October 17.)
Spring 2010 internship placement sites now available.
APPLES Service-Learning Program
UNC-Chapel Hill
Carolina Student Union, suite 3514
Campus Box 5210
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-5210
(919) 962-0902
(919) 843-9685 fax
apples@unc.edu
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