Building Job Experience through Building Connections

How DePaul students engaged with the community during an unpredictable year

Student book club at Cook County Jail perseveres amid pandemic

Center partners with Australian Catholic University on community engagement

Service Learning During a Time of Pandemic and Protest​

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.​