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Pacific Lutheran University

Center for Public Service

Who We Are
The Center for Public Service was established by the university in 1993 to coordinate, encourage, broaden and strengthen all initiatives for service at PLU. The Center supports PLU's mission to "empower its students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care--for other persons, for the community, and for the earth."
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What We Do


The center connects students, staff, faculty and community partners at many levels. As part of this interaction, the Center encourages all participants to intentionally reflect about the broader implications of their service experiences. This type of thoughtful civic engagement is conducted in formats ranging from rigorous academic scholarship through service-learning courses to reflective group discussions around work study tutoring, volunteer projects and group events.

The Center views reflective service as a rich source of learning, community connection and spiritual growth which helps to create lifelong learners with a sense of vocation and civic responsibility. The Center celebrates the full partnership of the surrounding community, recognizing that in order for service and civic engagement to be responsive to community needs, participants must fully embrace their role as members of an on-going dialogue about impact and implications, as well as respect the complexity of the social fabric, the give and take of human endeavor.

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