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)