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Service At Shenandoah
The Center for Public Service and Scholarship
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Service At Shenandoah
The Center for Public Service and Scholarship
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Service At Shenandoah
The Center for Public Service and Scholarship
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Service At Shenandoah
The Center for Public Service and Scholarship
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Service At Shenandoah
The Center for Public Service and Scholarship
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Service At Shenandoah
The Center for Public Service and Scholarship
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Service At Shenandoah
The Center for Public Service and Scholarship
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Service At Shenandoah
The Center for Public Service and Scholarship
… Preparing Today The Active Community Service Leaders Of Tomorrow
The Center for Public Service and Scholarship offers many ways for you to be a part of our community through service, fun, tutoring, building homes and sharing your talents. We can connect you with many agencies for service-learning opportunities. Shenandoah University students and athletic teams are working in our community to improve the lives of others.Meet the Center for Public Service and Scholarship Director

Dr. Karen K. Schultz, Director
In July 2009, Karen Schultz, a recognized community leader in the Shenandoah Valley and a faculty member at Shenandoah University since 1981, was appointed Director of Shenandoah University’s Center for Public Service and Scholarship (CPSS) Schultz, Director and Professor, earned a bachelor’s degree from The College of William and Mary, an associate’s degree in respiratory care and a master’s in business administration from Shenandoah University, and a Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. She received the university-wide exemplary teaching award in 2009, the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Service Award in 2005 and has been honored twice as the pharmacy school’s teacher of the year. In the classroom, her ideas have won national recognition for innovations in teaching, and her service learning course has contributed just under 16,000 hours of student service in the region and achieved national attention.
Thinking about starting a service project? Once you have identified the site/project, we will work with the site to set up the project and the logistics.
Contact the Center for Public Service & Scholarship
540-665-4696 | cpss@su.edu
Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Dr. Karen Schultz, Director
540-678-4385 |Â kschultz@su.edu
Gregory Hall, room 157
1460 University Drive
Winchester, VA 22601
Learning Through Service | Discovering Through Action
Mission Statement
Enable Shenandoah University stakeholders to engage with the community through service and curriculum to become active and informed citizen-leaders with a greater empathy for societal needs and commitment to public service and civility.
Vision Statement
The CPSS is the hub for SU Stakeholders in coordinating and facilitating impactful service-learning experiences that develop citizen leaders and enhance the well-being of our community.
Meet the People of CPSS
Service-Learning In The Classroom
Shenandoah University Integrates Service Into The Educational Process
Various professors across the different disciplines here at SU have integrated Service-Learning into their coursework. Several have woven this initiative into the critical goals of the semester’s syllabus!
Service-Learning Workshop
The annual Service-Learning Workshop teaches Shenandoah faculty and community members to infuse civic engagement in classrooms.
Service-Learning engages students in the educational process, using what they learn in the classroom to solve real-life problems. Students become contributing community members through the service they perform. They are encouraged to reflect on the experience by thinking, discussing, and writing about their service.
Service-Learning Tool Kit
Download The Complete Faculty & Community Partner Service-Learning Tool Kit
By integrating both academic learning and community service, service learning courses differs in focus from both practicum/internship experiences and volunteer experiences. The teaching methods and learning activities in service learning courses are more student-directed than is typical in traditional lecture-based courses.
Center For Public Service And Scholarship News

Woke Week Celebration
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National Hispanic Heritage Month
The Brandt Student Center is decorated with flags representing a variety of Latin American and Caribbean nations for Hispanic Heritage Month! From September 15 to October 15 every year in the United States, we honor the contributions of Latinx and ... Continue Reading National Hispanic Heritage Month

Shenandoah Holds Weeklong Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.
Shenandoah University is celebrating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with a weeklong slate of events meant to encourage reflection, service and dialogue. Martin Luther King Jr. Week at Shenandoah will be held from Monday, Jan. 21, through ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Holds Weeklong Celebration of…