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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
Approach
• Challenge
• Trust
• Support
• Resource
MIT IDEAS Competition
Innovation
Development
Enterprise
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
Lung Biopsy Technology for MGH
Alpha
Image-guided
Robopsy
Reef Regeneration, Philippines
TB Drug Compliance, India
Kinkajou Projector in Mali
FloodSafe Honduras
Sample Pathways
Speaker
Fellowship
D-Lab
IDEAS Competition
Fellowship
Grant
Other Service Learning Class
Fellowship
Grant
IDEAS Competition
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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