Academic Calvin College (MI)
TEACHING TOWARD VIRTUE
Calvin College recently adopted a list of "representative" virtues to foster specific educational outcomes. Using virtue as an educational outcome provided the context for useful collaboration between the Student Life and Academic Divisions by promoting new content and pedagogy in core curriculum classes. The purpose of institutionalizing these virtues was to work to help shape student character, encourage civic engagement, and encourage scholarship. Faculty adopted fourteen "representative" virtues. They include: diligence, patience, honesty, courage, charity, creativity, empathy, humility, stewardship, compassion, justice, faith, hope, and wisdom.

Academic Central Methodist College
Central Methodist College has been chosen for our Best College Character Program for their "Character Core". In the fall of 2000 Central Methodist College began a new general education curriculum, which includes a twelve semester hour "Character Core" curriculum designed to, "encourage the meaning of character and the relationship of higher education to sound character, through the study of religion and literature and a unique capstone course." For more information contact, William M. Beneke at wbeneke@cmc.edu.

Academic Colorado State University
THE ETHICS WORKSHOP
The Ethics Workshop is one of Colorado State's character-building cornerstones and has received external recognition through national associations and publications. The program bridges theory and practice and has become an excellent vehicle for empowering participants to engage each other in discussion regarding character and contemporary moral and ethical issues. Hundreds of students participate each year through student leadership training and development session, specially selected academic classes, student para-professional training, and University student conduct referrals.

Academic Emory University
FACULTY ETHICS SEMINAR
The annual Faculty Ethics Seminar offers and opportunity for sustained attention to ethics. The Seminar invites all University faculty to participate in ethical practices and to engage in ethical theory through:
-Interpersonal Dialog
-Servant Leadership
-Knowledge in Community
Faculty dedicate significant time and energy to the seminar and help to bridge theory and practice in their interactions with students.

Academic Indiana Unversity
TEACHING RESEARCH ETHICS
"Teaching Research Ethics" is an annual workshop for teaching reearch ethics for scientists who train graduate students. The workshop is coordinated by the Poynter Center at Indiana University which is charged with fostering the examination and discussion of ethical issues in American society. Hundreds of faculty members take part in Poynter Center workshops and projects.

Academic Olivet College
SELF AND COMMUNITY COURSE
A required year-long course for all students, the curriculum has been designed by faculty to help students explore their personal character, spiritual and philosophical issues, and family life in a rapidly changing and complex society.

Academic Oregon State University
THE PROGRAM FOR ETHICS, SCIENCE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
The Program for Ethics, Science, and the Environment assists students to understand and resolve value conflicts raised by scientific inquiry, biotechnology, and natural resource use. Programs include an applied ethics certificate offered to undergraduate students, workshops on ethics for local high-school students and civice organizations, a biweekly student-faculty discussion forum, and a newsletter with articles written by professors and religious leaders which express varying views on critical moral issues.

Academic Santa Clara University
LEADERSHIP THROUGH ETHICAL ACTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Undergraduates at SCU are trained to teach ethics in school and recreational settings, lead group activities in ethics workshop, and mentor students in local schools. The program is offered by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University which helps students to become ethical role models.

Academic Tusculum College
CULTIVATING THE CIVIC ARTS
Ten years ago Tusculum College dedicated itself to the cultivation of the "civic arts"--the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for effective and responsible citizenship. Numerous courses explore issues of individual, community, and civic responsibility. Students must validate competencies in "the practice of virtue" including: -civility: interacting with others in productive and respectful ways, contributing to discussion ahd problem-solving -self-knowledge: demonstrating an understanding of their own ethical values and the ways that their desires and goals position them to make contributions within civic contexts -ethics of social responsibility: demonstrating the ability to understand ethical issues arising from the interdependence of individuals and community, and to seek the common good.

Academic University of Maryland, College Park
INTERACTIVE WEBSITE ON ETHICAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING
Academic integrity expert Gary Pavela has designed an interactive web page to promote ethical dialogue in and out of class. Useful to students and instructors alike, the website contains links to a guide on Socratic dialogue, case studies and essays on academic integrity, and and a library of on-line academic integrity and ethical development resources.
Contact: Gary Pavela gpavela@oz.umd.edu

Academic University of San Diego (CA)
Ethics Across the Curriculum.
The Ethics Across the Curriculum program was initiated in 1997. One of the activities of the program is to sponsor three curriculum development workshops with widespread faculty participation in order to develop and support new ethics-related content in the curriculum. This project is one of many activities sponsored by the Values Institute which brings people together to discuss ethical issues in teaching and learning. The Institute provides courses, lectures, seminars, workshops, and conferences, both on-campus and on the World Wide Web. It is available to students, faculty, administration, and alumni.

Academic Vanderbilt University
PROJECT DIALOGUE
Project Dialogue is a variety of programs designed to encourage public moral discourse in the context of academic excellence. It includes four main objectives:
-encourage students to reflect on their opinions and their role as citizens at Vanderbilt
-to give students the opportunity to consider others' views in a safe environment
-to instill in students abroader understanding of the connections between knowing and doing and between truth and goodness
-to empower students to be leaders and to reflect civic virtues

First Year Program Bridgewater College (VA)
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO
Students taking PDP 150, the first-year program at Bridgewater, are required to compile a "Personal Development Portfolio", which requires students to set personal goals in each of eight personal dimensions: academics, citizenship, cultural awareness, aesthetics, ethical development, leadership, social relationships, and wellness. Students are required to participate in community service projects and participate in activities and programs to fulfill the requirements of each of the eight dimensions.
contact: W. Steve Watson swatson@bridgewater.edu

First Year Program Central Methodist College
PRESIDENT'S OPENING LECTURE AND BREAKFAST SESSIONS
CMC 109 features an opening lecture by the college's president in which she defines the importance of character-building in the institution's mission. This sets the tone for a series of small-group breakfast sessions between the president and each seminar section in which the themes of character building and issues of community values and practices are discussed.
contact: John J. Carter jcarter@cmc.edu

First Year Program College of New Jersey, The
ATHENS TO NEW YORK
IDSC 151: "Athens to New York" is an interdisciplinary core requirement at The College of New Jersey that is taught by full-time faculty in residence-hall classrooms. The course addresses four basic questions: what it means to be human; what it means to be a member of a community; what it means to be moral, ethical, or just; and how individuals and communities respond to differences. Students put theory to practice by completing a minimum of ten hours of community service.
contact: Nino Scarpati scarpati@tcnj.edu

First Year Program College of the Ozarks (MO)
CHARACTER CAMP
Character Camp is a two-week orientation is designed for new students to begin the process of acquiring the values of maturity and responsibility through service to others. Character Camps requires new students to work in groups on service projects both on and off campus. Students participating in Character Camp use case studies to learn about character and ethics; complete an outdoor challenge course that emphasizes trust and responsibility; attend an Etiquette Banquet that teaches the importance of high personal and social standards; and sign an Honor Code card. New students are placed into group called "Families" facilitated by upper-level students leaders called "Moms and Pops" to help them through the camp and their first year on the College of the Ozarks campus.
contact: Larry Cockrum cockrum@cofo.edu

First Year Program East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
BALANCE: A FIRST YEAR EXTENDED ORIENTATION PROGRAM
BALANCE: Being an Active Learner Among New College Experiences, is a series of workshops offered to students each fall and spring semester to enhance their ability to succeed in the university experience. BALANCE is designed primarily for first-year students. However, all students are welcome to participate. Collaboration between academic and student affairs faculty and staff has produced a program that integrates learning in the affective, cognitive and behavioral realms. Didactic and experiential student learning opportunities develop critical-thinking skills required to address the character challenges of contemporary college life. Student character development and a commitment to high standards of academic, personal and social behavior, is interwoven throughout the workshops.

First Year Program Greensboro College (NC)
COCURRICULAR ADVISING AND PORTFOLIO PROGRAM
Most colleges provide academic advisors to assist students to create an academic plan. The Greensboro College program goes a step further -- through the cocurricular advising and cocurricular portfolio programs, it assists new students in developing a plan for involvement outside the classroom, creating a plan for personal success and civic involvement through community service and other campus activities. In addition to the cocurricular programs, new students participate in an outdoor challenge experience held prior to the beginning of the Fall semester and First-Year Seminars throughout the semester.
contact: Tiffany McKillip Franks frankst@gborocollege.edu

First Year Program Marist College (NY)
THE ABC APPROACH
Edward O'Keefe and Donna Berger, Marist educators and authors of Self Management for College Students: The ABC Approach, teach this course (PSYC 103: Self Management: Theory and Application) which places responsibility for personal and societal change on the individual. The program emphasizes that persons create the societal conditions of which they are a part and that one's own affect (A), behaviors (B), and cognitions (C) are the common denominator through which all areas of personal development an change are understood and managed.
contact: Edward O'Keefe jzc9@maristb.marist.edu

First Year Program Prescott College (AZ)
WILDERNESS ORIENTATION
All new students at Prescott College participate in the Wilderness Orientation program along with upper-level students, faculty, staff, and alumni who help to plan this three-week long Arizona backcountry expedition. The daily challenges of group expeditionary travel help students develop qualities such as compassion, patience, generosity, and acceptance. Students completing this program, which helps to illustrate the Prescott motto of "The Southwest is Our Classroom", not only have a greater sense of responsibility for the earth, but a better understanding of themselves and how to be productive and positive members of a group.
contact: Julie Munsell 520.778.2090 ext 2239

First Year Program Southeast Missouri State University
FIRST-YEAR LEARNING TEAM
A First-year Learning Team (FLighT) is a group of 25 students who are enrolled in 2 courses that are centered around a particular theme or area of interest. FLighT students participate in learning communities which assist in the academic and social transition to college life. Each FLighT has a Peer Mentor, a veteran student who works closely with the group.

First Year Program Washington State University
FRESHMAN SEMINAR PROGRAM
Small groups of Washington State University first-year students "co-enroll" for a minimum of two courses, including required entry-level courses and a Freshman Seminar. In the seminar courses, students have a chance to meet with representatives from the campus and local communities. Each Freshman Seminar Group completes a major research project based on community problems and present their findings to the campus and local communities at a major exposition near the end of every semester. contact: Jean Henscheid henschj@mail.wsu.edu

First Year Program
Values Development Homepage
University of Minnesota at Duluth
This web site provides a helpful check list of activities that students can utilize to explore and develop personal ethical values. Helpful definitions are provided and various alternatives for learning opportunities are suggested. This is a good resource for new students to help them approach values development in a thoughtful and supportive way.

Honor Code
GRADUATE PLEDGE ALLIANCE
Graduating seniors pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job offer before accepting. A national movement with many participating colleges and universities. At Manchester College in Indiana more than half the students sign the pledge. See Washington Post, June 5, 2000, "When College Graduates Put Ideals Before Dollars," by Colman McCarthy for description of project.

Honor Code Allegheny College
STUDENTS REAFFIRM HONOR CODE EVERY THREE YEARS
All exams at Allegheny College are unproctored and designed to emphasize original written work; students may complete exams in a variety of private locations. Students sign the Honor Pledge on every piece of work submitted for academic credit. Students are informed of the Code through numerous publications and personal contacts before matriculating at Allegheny. The matriculation ceremony includes an address from the Honor Committee Chair, and all new students take the pledge for the first time in the presence of their parents and the entire faculty. The student body reaffirms its commitment to the Code through a student-wide referendum conducted every three years.
contact: Dave McInally dmcinall@alleg.edu

Honor Code Bridgewater College
PERSONAL HONOR ON PUBLIC DISPLAY
In order to promote the Bridgewater College Honor Code values of personal honor, integrity, and respect for the word of another, Bridgewater College engages in the unique practice of displaying framed statements about personal honor in all classrooms. The Honor System is controlled and administered by the Honor Council, which is a part of the Student Government.
contact: William E. Abshire, Ph.D. wabshire@bridgewater.edu

Honor Code Hampden-Sydney College
HONOR CONVOCATION & MOCK HONOR CODE TRIAL
During their first night on campus, Hampden-Sydney's president addresses new students in an Honor Convocation. Immediately following the Honor Convocation, the ten student members of the peer-elected Student Court lead small groups in discussion of the precepts of the Honor Code and the mechanics of the system. Every new student is required to sign a statement committing to living under the Honor Code. The Student Court has full authority to suspend or expel a student from the college for violating the Code. New students are required to attend a mock Honor Code trial to learn more about the Honor Code and to inform them of Court procedures.
contact: Lewis rew lewis@hsc.edu

Honor Code United States Air Force Academy
TELL THE TRUTH, LIVE THE TRUTH, BE THE TRUTH
The Academy's Honor Code establishes a minimum standard that all cadets must uphold. Cadets receive honor education during all four years at the Academy. The program's 42 lessons, which periodically features guest speakers, includes material on honor principles, honor system administration, application, and case studies.
contact: Lieutenant Colonel John Herd herdjh.34cwc@usafa.af.mils

Honor Code University of California, Davis
INTEGRITY: AN ESSENTIAL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE
The students of the Campus Judicial Board at UC Davis are responsible for taking leadership in the disciplinary process as well as outreach education regarding the University's Code of Academic Conduct. CJB students plan and carry out a variety of publications, presentations and events each year, culminating in an annual Integrity Week program. Topics covered during the week include academic honesty, relationship issues, discussions on responsible alcohol use, effectively managing time to avoid plagiarism, and workshops for instructors and TA's. In addition to integrity, such values as concern for others, honesty, respect, accountability, responsibility, fairness are also emphasized through SJA programs. Informative fact sheets on such topics as "Collaboration on Classwork", "Plagiarism - the Do's and Don'ts", "Confronting In-Progress Cheating" and "Integrity: An Essential Piece of the Puzzle" provide students and all members of the campus community relevant and useful informaion regarding academic honesty.
contact: Jeanne Wilson, J.D.. jxwilson@ucdavis.edu

Honor Code University of South Carolina
CAROLINIAN CREED
This popular statement on student values at the University of South Carolina is widely used as a model for how a college or university can create a moral compact with its students on basic ethical norms. This year the University of South Carolina will be celebrating its 10th anniversary of their Creed. The idea behind the Creed comes from recognizing that student attitudes and conduct are shaped by more than University rules and policies. The purpose of the Creed is to ultimately influence the culture about what is and what is not acceptable within the campus community.

Honor Code University of Virginia
HONOR COMMITTEE
Active since 1842, the Honor Committee at University of Virginia is completely student-run and includes a 21-member Honor Committee and 100-some support officers who conduct honor investigations and trials, disseminate information on the Honor System to new students and faculty, and establish special programs and policies for the maintenance of the System from year to year.

Honor Code Wake Forest University
HONOR AND ETHICS AT WAKE FOREST
"Honor and Ethics at Wake Forest" is the name of an interactive CD given to new students upon their arrival at WFU which provides substantive and practical advice regarding the Honor System and its significance to the campus community. This high-quality, student-produced CD provides an overview of the Honor System at SFU, features case study vignettes of realistic situations and ethical dolemmas, and quizzes students on their knowledge of the WFU Honor System. Also, to set the stage for renewal of the university's commitment to the WFU Honor System, "Honor and Ethics" has been named the institutional theme of the 2000-2001 academic year.
contact: Kenneth Zick zickk@wfu.edu

Leadership Asbury College
STUDENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

The Student Leadership Development Program at Asbury College helps students to develop the skills and ethical character to become servant-leaders. The goal is achieved through several educational initiatives including the LEAD-ON program, the Adventure Program, Community Service-Learning, and Aldersgate Commons. Following is a brief description of these programs.
-LEAD-ON Program: Provides courses and workshops to assist students in understanding servant-leadership theory, to develop their own leadership skills, and to apply servant-leadership theory and skills in practical life settings.
-Adventure Program: Gives students opportunities to practice leadership and teamwork skills through out door activities.
-Service Learning: Encourages students not only to serve, but also to reflect and apply the lessons they have learned in service to others. Student service participation rates increased from 28% in 1991 to almost 67% in 2001.
-Aldersgate Commons: A housing complex which houses 140+ students who commit to serving the local community and improving their leadership and character through participation in various campus events.

Leadership Birmingham-Southern College
DISTINCTION IN LEADERSHIP STUDIES
Special recognition at graduation is given to students who complete all of the requirements of the Distinction in Leadership Studies program. Through academic courses, community-service projects, reflection sessions, and public-speaking opportunities, students learn the skills of leadership as well as the importance of moral and civic imagination. More than 50% of BSC students are involved directly in the Leadership Studies and Service Learning programs.

Leadership College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE
The purpose of the Leadership Initiative at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University is to integrate shared, ethical leadership into the total educational experience. The values of how we define leadership are deeply embedded in the Benedictine tradition. In that sense, the founding culture has significantly helped the incorporation of this initiative into both college campuses. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has recognized the Leadership Initiative as one of eight exemplary leadership prorams in the country.

Leadership DePaul University
STUDENT LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
The Student Leadership Institute serves as an important component to the holistic educational experience DePaul University seeks to provide. Components of DePaul's competency-based leadership program include:
-standardized testing
-certificates in leadership development
-workshops on "Servant Leadership" and "Reflective Practice"
-workshops and service-learning opportunities that develop personal leadership and social responsibility

Leadership DePaul University
STUDENT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
DePaul offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Leadership Studies at the Barat campus in Lake Forest, Illinois. The program is interdisciplinary, intellectually stimulating, rigorous, and designed to provide students with the critical thinking and analytical skills to be engaged citizens and pursue successful careers in community activism, business, government, and non-profit environments.

Leadership Duke University
HART LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
The Hart Leadership Program combines rigorous academic courses with structured opportunities for undergraduate students to practice skills and apply knowledge outside of the classroom. Goals of the program are to help students:
-face community issues with open minds and ears, discovering values, concerns, and political issues
-learn what it is to live in a democractic society and the responsibilities that go with citizenship
-understand that they have power and that one of the most effective things they can do is to teach others to have power of their own.

Leadership Emory University (GA)
Ethics and Servant Leadership Program
The Ethics and Servant leadership Program (EASL) is a project of the Center for Ethics at Emory University. Students participating in the program commit to share responsibility and power in making decision. The servant-leadership philosophy is a holistic approach to leadership in which individuals commit to be of service to others, work for change in the world, and strive to inspire others to be committed to change.

Leadership George Fox University
ADVANCE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
"No limit to your impact, no limit to your influence" is the slogan of this program. It is comprehensive and includes interactive workshops, peer mentoring, outdoor education, and community service. The program includes a focus on ethics in leadership and being a reflective leader. Each student develops a leadership portfolio. Contact Scott Wade at Advance.Leadership@georgefox.edu for more information.

Leadership Mary Baldwin College
VIRGINIA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE FOR LEADERSHIP
Mary Baldwin College created the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership to promote leadership development by integrating academic and cocurricular activities. VWIL is the only college program for women that combines leadership education, military training, physical training, and character development in a comprehensive curriculum. Components of the program include community service project, leadership challenge, military leadership training and experience in implementing and administering the program.

Leadership Mt. Holyoke College
WEISSMAN CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP
The Weissman Center for Leadership provides a wide range of leadership education and experiences including pedagogical strategies, subject matter in classes, and student activities. The college emphasizes that education for citizenship is a cornerstone of the Liberal Arts at Mt. Holyoke. The Center promotes educational activities and events that enhance students' understanding of the pressing problems of our times, and provide opportunities for engaged citizenship. Specific leadership activities include community based learning, public interest advocacy, case method and Beyond the Gates activities.

Leadership North Carolina State University
CENTER FOR STUDENT LEADERSHIP ETHICS AND PUBLIC SERVICE
This is one of the few university leadership programs that includes "Ethics" in their office and program titles. The Center for Student Leadership Ethics and Public Service offers leadership courses and other opportunities for students who “aspire to be principled, innovative and socially conscious contributors to a caring and civil society.” Their workshops include “Leading with Integrity” (which examines real cases to understand the problems and forces that shape ethical values), “Working Ethics” (which contrasts personal values against “work appropriateness”), and “Ethics and Actions” (which analyzes personal and group norms and values to improve decision-making skills).

Leadership Santa Clara University
THE CENTER FOR STUDENT LEADERSHIP
The Center for Student Leadership at Santa Clara University offers a comprehensive program of leadership training including:
-Emerging Leaders (Uses the values-based Scale Change Model of Leadership Development)
-Student Reflection Leaders (includes Ethical Decision Making Fraemwork)
-PRISM (exposes students to diversity issues)
-Riordan Student Leadership Institute (a nine course track in Leadership Skills Development)
-Leadership Practicum

Leadership Stanford University
WHAT MATTERS TO ME AND WHY?
A forum series in which university leaders reflect on their personal values and beliefs and discuss how they chose their life's work and the core values which have guided them. The program has been running for several years and attracts students, faculty, and staff.

Leadership University of California, Los Angeles
BRUIN LEADERS PROJECT
The Bruin Leaders Project uses the Social Change Model of Leadership to develop students' leadership skills, including their commitment to community service for social change, their ability to work collaboratively, and their appreciation for diversity. Student who complete the seminar series and provide community service are awarded a leadership certificate at an awards ceremony held each year in June.

Leadership University of South Dakota
W.O. FARBER CENTER FOR CIVIC LEADERSHIP
The mission of the Center is to prepare students and help communities to face difficult public problems in a collaborative manner. This is accomplished by sponsoring the highest quality academic, enrichment, and community outreach programs designed specifically to foster civic leadership.

Multi Cultural University of Cincinnati
JUST COMMUNITY INITIATIVE
Just Community is a major initiative to create cohesiveness, appreciation for diversity and a sense of pride among students, faculty and employees at the University of Cincinnati. Just Community can be described as an ideal, a philosophy or a state of mind.

Service Bentley College
BENTLEY SERVICE LEARNING CENTER
Bentley is the only business school in the U.S. with a cross-disciplinary service-learning program and an extensive scholarship and work program at the undergraduate level. Components include: -City Year Serve-a-Thon: All first-year students are required to participate in a service-learning project. -The Scholarship Program: First year students with a demonstrated interest in community service are eligible for this program which awards $5,000 annually to students who wish to enhance their community awareness, leadership, and interpersonal skills. -BankBoston/Bentley College Forum: An annual events which brings together business executives, community representatives, students, faculty and staff to explore the relationship between business and community. -America Reads: Students are involved in literacy partnerships with local schools, libraries, and youth groups.

Service Brown University
SWEARER CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
Brown University's Swearer Center for Public Service considers active community participation and social responsibility to be central concerns of the university's liberal arts education. Activities include: -Short-term service (one day projects) -Youth Education. The Kids' Project matches college students with local elementary-school students to help with academic and social needs. -Community Health -Language and Literacy. Student work with specail needs populations including immigrants, low-income and minority communities, senior citizens, developmentally disabled, the Deaf, and adults in need of basic education skills.

Service Cornell University
PUBLIC SERVICE CENTER
Cornell's Public Service Center was founded in 1991 to support public-service initiatives that connect academic study with real-world experiences. The Center engages students and faculty in service and social action, using service-learning theory as the basis. Academic instruction is combined with community-based experiences to help students: -develop the ability to understand and solve problems in a more complex way -imagine and respect differenct perspectives -relate to and appreciate different people and cultures.

Service Elon University
KERNODLE CENTER FOR SERVICE-LEARNING
The mission of the Center for is to provide all members of the Elon campus the opportunity to develop an ethic of service by connecting campus and community through service experiences. The Center offers many one-day and ongoing opportunities to get involved in service activities. All programs are run by students. Sixty-one percent of the undergraduate body at Elon participated in some sort of service activity in the 2004-5 academic year.

Service Emmanuel College
S.I.S.T.E.R.S. PROGRAM
Emmanual College's S.I.S.T.E.R.S. program combines practical experience with spiritual and civic growth. Its title, as the acronym suggests, reflects the bond that their students develop as they participate in key areas:
S - Service in the community
I - Involvement in clubs, organizations and teams
S - Spirituality by developing a relationship with God, a sense of meaning and personal peace
T - Teamwork while serving in other Emmanuel programs
E - Ethics by developing ethical principles and values
R - Relationships as the students grow in independence and interdependence
S - Skills that apply to life after graduation
Students are required to demonstrate their understanding and accomplishments in these areas.

Service Florida State University
CENTER FOR CIVIC EDUCATION AND SERVICE
The Center administers the "ServScript" program which documents students' community service hours and activities on their academic transcripts. The Center also administers 40 Service Scholarships which are full tuition scholarships awarded each year to incoming first-year students with distinguished community service records. The Center coordinates a wide array of volunteer and service learning opportunities and houses the Florida Campus Compact Office.

Service Hannibal-LaGrange College
GATEKEEPERS
Hannibal-LaGrange College has been chosen for their GateKeepers mentoring program, which was started in 1996. The program pairs Hannibal-LaGrange students with local elementary school students who need extra assistance. The paired students spend at least two hours per week together developing a relationship and working on school activities.

Service Michigan State University
SERVICE LEARNING CENTER
Michigan State's Service-Learning Center connects students with community agencies and provides support services to academic departments. The Center has three categories of placements: l. Service learning, integrated with classes or independent study 2. Civic and career development for preprofessional students 3. Cocurricular community service

Service Providence College
Feinstein Institute for Public Service
Providence College received a substantial grant from philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein to develop an innovative academic programs that would integrate community service with academic study. The core programs include a major and minor in Public and Community Service Studies. Goals of the Institute include: -provide students with an understanding of how to be productive citizens in a democratic society -stimulate an understnading of, and appreciation for, community -make positive contributions to the larger comunity by offering students opportunities for learning through community service.

Service Rutgers University
WALT WHITMAN CENTER FOR THE CULTURE AND POLITICS OF DEMOCRACY
Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy Rutgers University http://www.rutgers.edu Rutgers' Walt Whitman Center develops and promotes program models that strive to enable individuals to serve others while fostering an understanding of the meaning of democratic citizenship. Through service learning, the Center encourages students to view citizenship as a way of linking the self with others in a web of common values and common pursuits. The Center also work with CASE, Rutgers' Citizenship and Service Education program which seeks to combine service and learning across the undergraduate curriculum.

Service Saint Louis University
SERVICE LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
Saint Louis University's John Cook School of Business strives to develop leaders who demonstrate competence, conscience, compassion, and commitment to community by integrating the strong traditions of Jesuit education with the fundamentals of leadership.

Service Southwest Missouri State University
CITIZENSHIP AND SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAM
The Citizenship and Service Learning program serves as the vehicle through which Southwest Missouri State University enacts its statewide public affairs mission. The program helps to connect classroom learning with service learning in the community. Students perform at least 40 hours of service related to course content which benefits external social-service agencies. Students may receive an additional credit hour for the learning they demonstrate as a resuylt of their volunteer work.

Service St. John's Fisher College (NY)
Service Scholars Program
The Service Scholars Program is five years old and has accumulated over 64,000+ hours of community service. The service scholarship program currently has 120 students who volunteer 130 - 200 hours per year area schools, hospitals, agencies, and civic organizations. At the beginning of each school year, scholars (freshmen-seniors) are brought together for an awards assembly celebrating their commitment and their hours of community service. As part of the celebration, upperclassmen, who have achieved 100 hours of community service during the school year, are presented The President's Student Service Award, signed by President Bush in nationally-known recognition of outstanding community service. This award is co-sponsored by The Points of Light Foundation and the Corporation for National Service. In addition, when students graduate after four years of dedication and service in the program, they are presented with a Certificate of Service Leadership signed by the president of the college and the service scholarship program chairman.

Service Stanford University
HAAS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
Stanford's most visible commitment to community and public service is the Haas Center for Public Service. It offers students the opportunity to acquire service experience in local, regional, national, and international contexts. The Center maintains and coordinates volunteer, internship, and community-research opportunities for undergarduate and graduate students in the San Francisco Bay area. Programs include: -assisting with service-learning courses across the curriculum -implementing a student development program that gives every student the chance to build leadership skills and knowledge of the best practices of service -collaborates with local communities to help meet immediate needs through direct service.

Service University of Cincinnati
The Just Community Initiative is sponsored by the University of Cincinnati in cooperation with community organizations. The initiative was launched in 1995 when UC governing committees, from the Board of Trustees to student government, voted to endorse the proposal. After five years of programs and dialouge, focus groups across campus began to outline a set of principles to define the vision of a just community.

Service University of Southern California
MONTEREY: HOMELESSNESS WITH A SPIRITUAL BENT
Sponsored by the University's Volunteer Center, the Monterey program enables student to do service work in an off-campus setting. What sets the Monterey trip apart is its spiritual component, which encourages participants to reflect on the implications and meaning of their experience. The program creates an atmosphere in which people of diverse religious backgrounds feel comfortable sharing their spiritual questions.

Spirituality California Lutheran University
FACULTY FAITH STORIES
A program entitled "Faculty Faith Stories" invites faculty members of different religious backgrounds to share their own faith journeys. Discussion groups are held frequently to examine faith and life issues.

Spirituality Columbia College
SOUL FOOD
A faculty member leads amorning devotion and discussion of a biblical text. The college also sponsors "City as Text" in which honors students take a religious diversity tour, visiting a Jewish synagogue, a Hindu temple, and a selection of Christian churches.

Spirituality Dallas Baptist University
SPIRITUAL RUSH WEEKEND
Each year Spiritual Rush Weekend has a theme related to personal virtue. The weekend includes content discussion, visits with faculty, and community service.

Spirituality Franciscan University of Steubenville
HOUSEHOLDS
"Households" are patterned after early Christian communities. Small groups of 5 to 25 students draw up a dcovenant stating their spiritual goals and moral code. They gather for worship each week and participate in retreats, sports, social events, and volunteer work. Forty one percent of undergraduates belong to 45 Households.

Spirituality Hope College
SUMMER OF SERVICE
Every summer students can enroll in Summer of Service, an eight-week intensive training programs. Students engage in Bible study, community service, and participate in music, drama, dance, in local churches.

Spirituality Mary Baldwin College
QUEST
The Quest program helps students integrate religious commitment, intellectual development and service. Quest entails two years of spiritual direction, academic work, mentoring, and community service.

Spirituality Northeastern University
SPIRITUAL LIFE OFFICE
The Spiritual Life Center at Northeastern University provides the services of university chaplains, a new Spiritual life Center with a Sacred Space and Reflection Room, Multi-Faith Council, Spiritual Life Advisory Board, and various educational, religious, and service programs for the Northeastern community. For more information contact the Spiritual life office 617-373-2728, email slo@lynx.neu.edu

Spirituality Wellesley College
EDUCATION AS TRANSFORMATION PROJECT
The EDUCATION as Transformation Project is a multi-year organizing effort begun in 1996 to initiate a national dialogue about religious pluralism and spirituality in higher education. The project is currently working with more than 350 colleges and unviersities to facilitate the creation of multi-constituency dialogue teams including faculty, students, administrative staff, alumni, trustees and religious life professionals.

AFTERMATH: THINKING AFTER SEPTEMBER 11th: The Center for Ethics and Leadership at Muhlenberg College
The Center for Ethics and Leadership at Muhlenberg College has published a volume of faculty papers that examines religious perspectives, experience of loss, and making sense of tragedy. These faculty essays provide a way for the academic community to share opinions, perspectives, and values.

CAMPUS MINISTRY: University of Dayton
The University of Dayton has a large campus ministry program with a 30-year tradition of providing service opportunities for students. The campus ministry website offers information on daily meditations, service opportunities, retreats, and important resources on spirituality.

EVALUATING COLLEGE CHARACTER INITIATIVES
Ashland University and Olivet College are using the Principles and Practices of Character Development in College to evaluate their institutional character development efforts. You may also find this document a useful checklist for reviewing your school’s character development practices. Let us know if you are using the Principles and Practices for evaluation and assessment purposes.

EVALUATING COLLEGE CHARACTER INITIATIVES: Ashland University and Olivet College
Ashland University and Olivet College are using the Principles and Practices of Character Development in College to evaluate their institutional character development efforts. You may also find this document a useful checklist for reviewing your school’s character development practices. Let us know if you are using the Principles and Practices for evaluation and assessment purposes.

SERVICE & CITIZENSHIP, Hampden-Sydney College Good Men and Good Citizens
Hampden-Sydney College, a four-year traditional liberal arts college for men in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia, has worked to sustain its mission "to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning." To fulfill this mission, the college holds high ideals in character, curriculum, and climate. Good Men and Good Citizens is a student-led organization that encourages and coordinates individual and group involvement in community service. This organization has several programs which let Hampden-Sydney students, faculty, and staff develop the links among service, good citizenship, and leadership.

SERVICE LEARNING: Duke University
LEAPS, Learning through Experience, Action, Partnership, and Service, is a Duke University student-run organization that coordinates service-learning classes. In these courses, students volunteer at various placements in Durham that relate to the issues they are learning about in class.