UNC students, faculty and staff engaging with communities.
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Public Service Listserv
The Public Service News is a weekly listserv that reaches 5,000 students, faculty, staff and community members with timely announcements about events, resources, and volunteer opportunities focused on the University’s commitment to public service and engagement. Submit your own announcement or browse the items that interest you. Learn more.
About Engagement
Engagement is a core component of Carolina’s Academic Plan and a concept promoted by the Center. It refers to public service (i.e. application of knowledge, skills and resources for the common good) that occurs in mutually beneficial partnerships between the university and the community. Explore real-world applications of engagement at Carolina. Learn more.
Carnegie Classification
In 2006, the University applied for and received classification as a "community-engaged university” from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The classification recognizes Carolina's ongoing commitment to fostering community service and engagement among students, faculty and staff. Learn more.
CCPS in the News
Read press releases, feature articles and other publicity about the Center’s work. Find out how CCPS programs and activities are helping to meet the needs of communities at home and around the world, and how that service affects the lives of those performing it. Learn more.
The Carolina Center for Public Service strengthens the University's public service commitment by promoting scholarship and service that are responsive to the concerns of the state and contribute to the common good.
“A Community Engaged University” recognized by the
Carnegie Foundation
CCPS is a unit of the Office of Vice Chancellor
for Public Service and Engagement.