SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
In keeping with its mission and vision, John Carroll reaches out to the community through service, applied research, educational programming, and cultural offerings. Students, faculty, and staff are engaged in numerous activities that enhance the lives of individuals who live and work beyond the university’s campus, including:

• Center for Service and Social Action: As part of the academic division of the university, the center’s primary responsibility is to support service learning activities by organizing and scheduling service projects and providing transportation. The center also functions as a community service placement and referral center. There are a number of service opportunities available to John Carroll students, including the Labre Project, Project ¿Qué?, Cultivating Community Day, and the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program.

• The Cleveland Heights — University Heights City School District Academic Partnership: The partnership involves the placement of John Carroll University’s student teachers and faculty in classrooms at elementary and middle schools in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights district. This is a reciprocal, win-win relationship in which all participants benefit. The partnership promotes interaction between district teachers and John Carrol’s student teachers and faculty.
  
  
• Literacy Specialist Project and Reading First — Ohio Center: John Carroll has a leadership role in two statewide programs that offer professional development for teachers to increase literacy among Ohio’s children. The Literacy Specialist Project is a state-funded professional development program focused on improved teaching methods to increase literacy among students in preschool through 12th grade. Reading First – Ohio Center is a federally funded program that channels money to the state, school districts, and other organizations to support implementation of professional development programs for teachers in kindergarten through 3rd grade. The Reading First program is conducted in collaboration with Cleveland State University and The University of Akron.
  
  
• Cleveland Clinic and Other Partners: Since 1998, up to 20 biology and chemistry students have engaged primarily in cancer and heart research at the Cleveland Clinic. In addition, psychology students have carried out clinical mental health internships as part of the Cleveland Clinic summer program. In other partnerships, about 12-15 students conduct research in a diverse array of science projects on John Carroll’s campus each summer as part of the university’s Huntington-Codrington Summer Research Program.
  
  
• Applied Research: Faculty members from John Carroll have been actively involved in efforts to monitor and preserve Northeast Ohio’s watersheds. Through applied research, they have worked to improve water quality and preserve native species within the Doan Brook Watershed, Euclid Creek Watershed, Tinker’s Creek Watershed, and other areas.

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