Telling DePaul’s Community Engagement Story
DePaul's mission states that the university supports the integral human development of its students "through its commitment to outstanding teaching, academic excellence, real-world experience, community engagement, and systemic change." In 2021, the university launched Collaboratory, a powerful tool for documenting and researching the institution’s commitment to community engagement through teaching, research and service.
Collaboratory is an online platform that provides a space for faculty and staff to collect and share work essential to the university's mission. This includes courses that integrate service learning pedagogy and research, technical assistance and advocacy activities done collaboratively with community partners across Chicago and the world. Collaboratory is essentially a place for DePaul to track, report, connect and plan community engagement and public service activities.
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