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Office Contact Information:

• Community Service Office
  Washington University in St. Louis
  1 Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1068
  St. Louis MO 63130
  
  Phone: (314) 935-5599
  Fax: (314) 935-6609
  
  Email: communityservice@wustl.edu

Principles for Community Service at WU
The mission of the Community Service Office at Washington University is to provide meaningful opportunities for students to volunteer their time and energy in response to voiced community needs. We understand that community service takes many forms - including volunteerism, advocacy, education, and philanthropy...(more)

57% of WU students participate in community service during college.  
This is higher than the 50% average participation rate at a comparison group of twelve highly selective private research universities in the nation.
Source: Class of 2006 Senior Survey

24% of WU students participate in community service during all four years of college.
This is higher than the 17% average participation rate at a comparison group of twelve highly selective private research universities in the nation.
Source: Class of 2006 Senior Survey

Rate of WU community service involvement, by academic year:
41% of freshmen
45% of sophomores
45% of juniors
45% of seniors
Source: 2007 Enrolled Student Survey

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Service trips open students' eyes to new opportunities
May 8, 2008 - Record
The realities of rural and international health care became clear to groups of first- and second-year School of Medicine students on their spring break trips this year. But instead of getting discouraged, these students found a possible career path and future opportunities.

Small-scale building to shed light on massive global problem
March 28, 2008 - Student Life
Teams of students interested in ending poverty will construct cardboard houses Saturday afternoon to generate awareness and to emphasize affordable housing for low-income families in Washington University's first annual "Wash. U. Build Challenge."

Chinese student group calls for earthquake aid
May 20, 2008 - Record
The WUSTL Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) is asking for campus-wide help and donations for victims of a 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck China's Sichuan Province May 12 and left more than 20,000 people dead and tens of thousands more injured or missing.

Operation Food Search to collect items as students move out
May 15, 2008 - Record
As students move out of off-campus apartments, Operation Food Search will be taking donations of unopened and unused nonperishable food and toiletry items.

Combining science with service defines Mailhot
May 15, 2008 - Record
Ray Mailhot doesn't know exactly where he'll be after Commencement, but he knows it will somehow involve his two biggest passions — medicine and community service.

From WUSTL with love
February 18, 2008 - Record
Judy Musick, administrative manager in the Department of Biology in Arts & Sciences, and Judith Tigah, a WUSTL sophomore, examine items donated by the campus community for care packages to U.S. troops serving in Iraq.

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