Feinstein Community Service Center
Founded in 1995 through an endowment from philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein and the Feinstein Foundation, the Feinstein Community Service Center seeks to build a bridge between the academic knowledge and skills you receive in your classes and the real-life issues and challenges involved in being a responsible citizen in a rapidly changing world.
Center programs have received local and national recognition, including a National Daily Points of Light Award, a 2007 Governor’s Award for Wellness Innovation, a 2007 Providence Business Excellence Award for Community Involvement and a 2009 Providence Business News Innovation Award in the category of Social and Community Services; these have also been featured in the Princeton Review’s "Colleges with a Conscience" and "The Templeton Guide: Colleges That Encourage Character Development."
Center programs involve students and staff through:
- a Community Service-Learning (CSL) graduation requirement
- a Student Leaders in Community Engagement (SLICE) initiative
- support for self-initiated service efforts and volunteerism
- civic initiatives in the areas of education, hunger, capacity building
- volunteer and in-kind assistance to community groups
- community training and project development for university staff
- a federally-funded scholarship for in depth service programs for students
The Feinstein Center also works with the Student Employment Office to implement the Federal Community Service Work Study Program. The Federal Work Study Program provides numerous opportunities for you to earn work study awards through work at local nonprofit agencies.