David '69 & Sharon Johnson Center for Civic Engagement
Learn more about the hub of social responsibility and community service at Susquehanna.
Community Engagement & Service
Whether you're building homes for low-income families, helping to feed families or tutoring students in a developing nation, you don't just enhance the lives of others when you serve. You enrich your own life as well.
You'll have countless opportunities to make a difference here, starting with a service trip the summer before your first year.
And we help you track your service hours to meet volunteer requirements for your Greek organization or beef up your résumé.
Programming
SU GIVE
Get Involved with Volunteer Experiences (SU GIVE) is an SU tradition and a rewarding day of service for first-year students.
SU SERVE
Students and alumni alike step it up each April with volunteer service near campus and regions beyond.
SU SPLASH
This one-week service learning opportunity gives a select group of incoming first-year students a unique chance to get involved.
Voter Engagement
Students are provided opportunities to register to vote and increase their awareness about enacting change through voter participation.
Blood Drives
We partner with the American Red Cross to sponsor blood drives on campus five times throughout the year.
Hunger and Poverty Simulations
Students experience a little of what it's like to be in need and learn what they can do to help.
Campus Garden
Nutritious, organic food is grown by volunteers and distributed to local organizations serving families in need.
Sowing Change
Working with Bucknell University, our Sowing Change initiative is a network of community and campus gardens that aims to strengthen regional food security.
Curricular Service-learning
Faculty from various disciplines work with community partner organizations to create project-based community learning opportunities for students.
Our students work with organizations throughout the community, including:
- Ashburn's Animals on a Mission
- Dauntless Hook and Ladder Company
- East Snyder Community Garden
- Girls on the Run
- Greater Susquehanna Valley YMCA
- Meals for Seals
- Ronald McDonald House of Danville
- Rudy Gelnett Memorial Library
- Selinsgrove Meals on Wheels
- Transitions Women's Shelter
- Union Snyder Historical Society
Volunteer & Service Clubs
Make a difference on campus and in the community by participating in one of Susquehanna University’s many volunteer and service organizations.
Volunteer and Serve Abroad
Every student at Susquehanna studies off campus-whether abroad or in the U.S.—for at least two weeks. And many of those trips include volunteerism and service learning
SU Service Leaders
Apply for the SU Service Leaders Program! You'll serve a local community partner focused on youth in a four-year internship-based placement and receive $5,000 annually in return for your service.
Contact Us
The David '69 and Sharon Johnson Center for Civic Engagement
514 University Ave.
Selinsgrove, Pa. 17870
Phone & Email
Kyle Kern
Service Project Intern/Johnson Center for Civic Engagement
volunteer@susqu.edu
570-372-4756