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Community
Organizations
Why Become
a Partner?
Physicists
use the term vacuum to describe an empty space, existing
without contact to the
outside world. CSUN borrows this term to emphasize its
belief that education does not happen
in a vacuum; a university could not survive without constant
interactions and interconnections
with its environment. Biologists use the term symbiosis
to describe the living together of two
species in a manner that is advantageous or necessary to
both. CSUN borrows this term to
define the nucleus of campus/community partnerships: the
University and organizations within
its community should coexist in a manner that benefits
and nourishes both.
Many organizations
find that working with college students allows them to
expand the capacity
of their organization or agency while allowing them to
provide students with an opportunity to
have positive learning experiences. Through service-learning
and volunteering, students are
able to examine the role of community organizations and
contribute to them.
The Center
for Community Service-Learning and the Volunteer Program
have many connections
to students, student clubs and organizations, and faculty
members across the campus. We will
do everything possible to locate the right students to
meet your needs. If you would like our
assistance in identifying students to work with your
agency, please fill out a Community Partner Profile
and Student Request Form.
Community
Partner Profile and Student Request Form:
Online Web Form
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