OU Engage

Leadership Development and Volunteerism

The University of Oklahoma’s Leadership Development and Volunteerism website serves as the main gateway for assisting students in leadership and volunteerism.
http://leadandvolunteer.ou.edu/

Additional Resources

K20 Scholars

K20 Scholars are students who complete a service learning project over their academic career by connecting coursework to the needs of their local communities. The program is offered through the K20 Center for Educational and Community Renewal.
http://k20network.ou.edu/university/students/k20-scholars

Student Voice Program

The Student Affairs’ Student Voice program enables OU to build a centralized, collaborative assessment program that seamlessly ties together student affairs departments. Additionally, Student Voice is an assessment tool for Student Affairs’ Office of Leadership Development and Volunteerism to help assess campus and community needs and to link students with identified needs.

Discover the University of Oklahoma – Community

Highlights the Norman community and links to the OU Community Impact Report and the Leadership Development and Volunteerism Web site.
www.ou.edu/discover/discover_home/community.html

Leadership Development and Volunteerism

The office of Leadership Development and Volunteerism connects faculty and students with more than 100 agencies, located throughout the state, needing volunteers.
http://www.ou.edu/volunteer/

Adopt-A-Professor

The Adopt-A-Professor program provides students with an excellent opportunity to get to know and learn from faculty outside the classroom. Each year, faculty members volunteer to be linked with students in fraternities and sororities and floors in OU’s student housing. The Academic Outreach Office assigns the groups with a professor. Together, the “adopted” professor and his/her student group schedule and plan a wide range of social activities throughout the year.
http://www.ou.edu/volunteer/adoptprof.htm

Office of University Partnerships

In 1994 HUD established the Office of University Partnerships in an effort to encourage and expand the growing number of partnerships formed between colleges and universities and their communities. OUP recognizes the crucial role these collaborations and partnerships play in addressing local problems and revitalizing our nation’s communities. Additionally, colleges and universities are making future generations aware of these issues by integrating partnership activities into their academic studies and student activities.
http://core.ou.edu/

Student Guide to Service Learning

Provide students a tool for reflecting on their experience that promotes both academic and civic learning.
http://www.ou.edu/pii/servicelearning/studentguide.pdf

Awards

President’s Trophy Awards

Established in 1995 by President Boren and his wife, Molly Shi Boren, the Presiden’ts Trophy Awards are given to students and organizations exhibiting overall excellence in academics, campus activities, community service and volunteerism, and multicultural activities. The purpose of the competition is to encourage students to raise standards for themselves and their organizations in four areas of emphasis: academics, campus activities, community services and multicultural.

President’s Community Scholars

The President’s Community Scholars is a leadership program, the hallmark of which is appreciation of cultural diversity in an academically competitive environment. PCS challenges students to act upon their spirit of volunteerism and make a difference in their communities.

Henderson Scholars

Henderson Scholars are entering freshmen who demonstrate a strong interest in community service and cultural diversity.

PACE (Participation, Academic Achievement, Community Service and Excellence) Awards

PACE recognizes community engagement of freshman