Service Learning

Service learning allows you to learn while applying your skills to help others through service to the college, the community, or the world. Participating in service learning activities is especially encouraged for those students whose passion is to apply engineering to solve problems.

• The Earn-Learn Apprenticeship Program supports students engaged in service learning projects throughout the college. Examples of earn-learn assignments include assisting faculty members with teaching courses, developing new courses or new curriculum, and making improvements to a lab or providing expertise to local K-12 schools. 
• The Engineering for Developing Communities program educates globally responsible engineering students and professionals who can offer sustainable and appropriate solutions to the endemic problems faced by developing communities worldwide. Through this program, students can enroll in focused courses as well as participate in research and outreach/service activities.
• Engineers Without Borders CU chapter joins other students from the university who are committed to researching sustainable development by practicing in developing communities around the world. As the first student chapter of a rapidly growing national organization, EWB-CU is committed to setting a good precedent for other chapters and fulfilling the vision of Engineers Without Borders-USA.
• Colorado Space Grant is a NASA program. Space Grant students work on real satellite missions and participate as project managers, systems engineers, programmers, and much more. The program is interdisciplinary and its students are highly recruited by industry. 
• The INVST Community Studies Program develops engaged citizens and leaders who work for the benefit of humanity and the environment. INVST offers a comprehensive two-year Community Leadership Program that develops community leaders who engage in compassionate action as a lifetime commitment, as well as several Community Studies electives and a Youth Council for Public Policy.
• The ITL K-12 Engineering Program focuses on teaching hands-on, experiential engineering in local classrooms, augmented by intense summer “deep dive” engineering experiences for underrepresented youth. Its overarching goal is to ultimately recruit underrepresented students into the engineering college pipeline through weekly classroom delivery of hands-on engineering curricula in grades 4-12, summer enrichment camps for students, and summer professional development workshops to enhance teacher knowledge and comfort with engineering content.
• The Volunteer Clearing House was created in 1965 when a handful of motivated CU students saw a need for volunteers in the community. VCH is a student-run center that works to link up interested students with volunteer programs that best fit their individual interests and needs.
• Engineering Ambassadors and other volunteer opportunities exist, many of which are coordinated through the Dean's Office and Engineering Ambassadors. There are leadership positions for college tours, High School Honors Institute, and Engineering Open House.
• The University of Colorado Engineering Council is the student government for the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. UCEC acts as the students' voice to the engineering administration and academic departments.
• Students who are active in a CU chapter of a professional engineering society also may be considered to have participated in a service learning experience. These students may qualify for the service learning portion of the Active Learning Award if their participation was substantial (e.g., serving as an officer).