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Center for Public Service History
Public Service at Tulane has a long and rich history. Faculty, staff, and student members have been actively engaged in civic and research activities that link Tulane with communities outside of the university. These partnerships have run the gamut of experiences from as near as the university's immediate neighbors in New Orleans to partners in other countries. In the past these initiatives have included faculty-driven programs such as Academic Service Learning and research, student-initiated community service, and staff-supervised community activities.
In 2006, Tulane's Renewal Plan offered an opportunity to coalesce campus resources to found the Center for Public Service. The Center is dedicated to supporting the university's diverse community-based research and service activities as well as serving as an intellectual and physical space for sustained university/community partnerships.
Mission Statement
The inauguration of the Center for Public Service reflects Tulane University's renewed sense of purpose within a city and region rising from devastation. Recognizing that active, civic engagement builds strong, healthy communities and responsible citizens, the Center for Public Service merges academic inquiry with sustained civic engagement. The Center is a forum for students, faculty, and community partners to work together to address urgent and long-term social challenges and opportunities. Our approach to learning prepares Tulane University students to participate more fully in today's complex society in intellectually rigorous ways. Tulane University's Center for Public Service supports a university curriculum and research agenda by uniting academics and action, classroom and communities through which students, faculty and community partners dedicate themselves to the transformation of civic life.
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The Center for Public Service pursues the following goals:
- Develop socially responsible and civically engaged learners and leaders
- Heighten awareness of social challenges and develop strategies to address them
- Foster collaborative relationships with community partners locally, domestically and globally
- Encourage new modes of learning and innovative scholarship and research
- Provide a space for transdisciplinary public service initiatives across Tulane's schools
- Implement and maintain a public service graduation requirement for all undergraduate students
- Make the Center a clearinghouse and resource for the community
- Create outlets for dissemination of Center activities
- Contribute to the rebuilding and sustained development of New Orleans
- mcunnin1 [at] tulane [dot] edu, Associate Professor, Psychology, CPS co-chair
- jfuqua [at] tulane [dot] edu, Associate Professor, Communications, CPS co-chair
- cburdsal [at] tulane [dot] edu, Associate Professor, Cell and Molecular Biology
- acolella [at] tulane [dot] edu, Associate Professor, Business
- sfrickel [at] tulane [dot] edu, Assistant Professor, Sociology
- kgrant [at] tulane [dot] edu, Special Assistant to the Provost, Academic Affairs
- jhoward2 [at] tulane [dot] edu, Associate Director, Murphy Institute
- vilustr [at] tulane [dot] edu, CPS Director
- lopez [at] tulane [dot] edu, Associate Provost, Academic Affairs
- rmarks [at] tulane [dot] edu, Dean, School of Social Work
- soverstr [at] tulane [dot] edu, Associate Professor, Psychology
- creese1 [at] tulane [dot] edu, Associate Professor, Architecture
- matravis [at] tulane [dot] edu, Associate Professor, English
Community Representatives
neighborhoodgall [at] bellsouth [dot] net, Proprietor, The Neighborhood Gallery
smmlclark [at] cox [dot] net, Principal, Sophie B. Wright
mgutierrezapp [at] aol [dot] com, Executive Director, Hispanic Apostolate and Catholic Charities Immigration and Refugee Services
pjenkins [at] ochsner [dot] org, Director Guest Services/Volunteers, Ochsner Hospital
mponoroff [at] cox [dot] net, Director, For the ChildrenFaculty Members
hank [at] museum [dot] tulane [dot] edu, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Science and Engineering
maclark [at] tulane [dot] edu, Associate Professor, Political Science
bhayley [at] tulane [dot] edu, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Theatre and Dance
jhuck [at] tulane [dot] edu, Assistant Director & Graduate Advisor, Stone Center for Latin American Studiesrwatts1 [at] tulane [dot] edu, Associate Professor, French and Italian and Director, Center for International Studies
Tulane Staff Members
linaa [at] tulane [dot] edu, Associate Director, Levy Rosenblum Institute
ldavey [at] tulane [dot] edu, Program Manager, Center for Bioenvironmental Research
lmckee [at] tulane [dot] edu, Director, Teacher Certification ProgramTulane Students
eboggs [at] tulane [dot] edu, Junior, Latin American Studies
jconings [at] tulane [dot] edu, Sophomore, Political Science and Economicsfsmith1 [at] tulane [dot] edu, Junior, English
ssolomon [at] tulane [dot] edu, Junior, Cell and Molecular Biology