IWU Civic Engagement

A wide range of examples

Individual student(s) as a volunteer

• Student works one-on-one as a math tutor for a fourth grader every week
• Roommates sort books once per month for the Book Bike
• Serve on the Board of Directors as a youth member
• International student does a power point about their home country for seniors
• Music major(s) performs for adults with developmental disabilities for the holidays

Individual student as an intern

• Education major designs curriculum to strengthen reading skills for an after school program
• Economics major researches foreclosures in McLean County
• Student writes a major grant or does grant research
• Business major does a cost-benefit analysis for a small program
• Bilingual student translates documents into Spanish
• Graphic designer does the layout for an annual report

Group of students

• Football team reads to kids in a classroom
• Fraternity brothers clean a warehouse
• Club cleans and paints a classroom
• Sorority staffs a carnival night for a church
• Team of students take care of a community garden plot
• Student nurses take blood pressures for seniors at a community center

Faculty

• Faculty member serves on a Board of Directors
• Faculty presents an in-service as a subject matter expert
• Community partner serves as the subject matter expert for a class
• Community partner provides an opportunity for faculty research

Class Projects

• Database class designs a tracking system for a youth program
• Graphic design class rebrands an organization
• Psychology class runs a buddy program for youth with autism

Campus

• Seniors come to campus to hear a free music performance
• Junior high school students visit campus to learn about college
• Staff from a not-for-profit learn a new software using computers in a lab