Community Engagement
SIUE Community Engagement provides students, faculty and staff the opportunity to apply academic knowledge, gain skills and experience, and contribute to the community. Service opportunities are available throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area and within the University community. For more information and to stay up to date with upcoming events and programs, follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
Alternative Spring Break
Alternative Spring Breaks are your opportunity to serve in a community struggling with serious challenges. Students spend one week immersed in hypercritical, fulfilling community service, while learning about the root causes of community issues, understanding the importance of empowerment, and fostering critical development through self-reflection.
AmeriCorps Scholarship
By enrolling in AmeriCorps and completing an average of nine hours of community service each week, you could be eligible for a scholarship of $1342.86. Your service scholarship can be applied to current or future tuition at any institution that accepts U.S. federal financial aid dollars, including graduate and professional schools, or towards any federally-backed student loans.
Black History Month – Black Led NPO’s
Blood Drives
American Red Cross and Impact Life (Formerly Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center) host monthly Blood Drives on campus open to students, staff, faculty and community members!
Cougar Cupboard
SIUE Cougar Cupboard serves students, staff and faculty with emergent food issues. The Cupboard provides three days of food for visitors, has resources for additional food insecurities and is conveniently located in the Morris University Center.
Dance Marathon
A yearlong fundraising event for the local children's hospitals, St. Louis Children’s Hospital and SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center, is celebrated at it’s completion by an amazing event. Using dance, balloon artistry, face painting and many other fun activities the SIUE Dance Marathon student organization celebrates the families Children’s Miracle Network supports.
Food Recovery Network
Food Recovery Network is a student powered initiative centered on food sustainability. Students have the opportunity to craft meals with food recovered from campus and community partners to be donated to community agencies that distribute them to the clients!
Service Learning
Service learning gives students the opportunity to create a safe, meaningful and educational experience that relates to their chosen field of study. The Service Learning experiences are intended to give students a new lens to approach their educational career through.
Service Saturdays
Service Saturdays provides site coordination and transportation to students seeking service opportunities. Students can complete service with homelessness, poverty, animal rights and welfare, food insecurity, environmental sustainability, and home repair.
Voter Registration and Voting
SIUE serves as an early voting and election location. Look for voter registration drives at the beginning of each semester. We also would encourage you to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and check out #siuevotes.
