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Public Service Center Offerings

Individual volunteering

Group volunteering

Grants

IDEAS Competition

Fellowships

Service Learning

Service UROP

Community Service Work-Study

iHouse

Aims• Educational depth and breadth

• Real public service

Annual Student Participation

2500 working on US projects

250 working on international projects

•Challenge

•Trust

•Support

•Resource

Approach

MIT IDEAS Competition

InnovationDevelopmentEnterprise Action Service

IDEAS Competition

• Innovations with a community service focus

• A third of projects catalyzed by IDEAS

• Monthly initial proposal rounds: feedback, development grants = opportunities to test, refine

• Community collaborations

• Workshops and mentoring

• External judges: innovation, feasibility, community impact

• Celebration

• Winners’ retreat

• Ongoing communication/advice

Alpha

Image-guided

Lung Biopsy Technology for MGH

Robopsy

Reef Regeneration, Philippines

TB Drug Compliance, India

Kinkajou Projector in Mali

FloodSafe Honduras

Sample Pathways

Fellowship

IDEAS Competition

D-Lab

IDEAS Competition

Grant

Fellowship

Other Service Learning Class

Fellowship Grant

Speaker

Sample Principles

• High, realistic expectations for success

• Student-led, student-owned projects

• Appropriate screening and support systems

• Real learning, real service, increased community capacity

• Community collaboration and supervision

• Communication and collective decision-making

• Multiple opportunities, types of support

• Conceptual flexibility: willingness to develop new models

Thank you!

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