| 2002: |
University approves creation of Service Learning Department in Student Affairs Division |
| 2003: | (January) First Director of Service Learning hired |
| First Service-Learning Advisory Committee appointed | |
| Jacob Spencer Medford Service-Learning Scholarship Fund created | |
| First issue of The Service-Learning Sentinel (newsletter) published | |
| (August) The University of North Carolina (Office of the President) grants approval to establish Center for Service Learning as institutional research center | |
| 2004: | (September) Service-Learning Faculty Fellows Program begins |
| (September) Second Director of Service Learning hired; Strategic Plan created | |
| 2005: | Service-Learning Faculty Fellows Program expanded (with Fellow assigned to each college) |
| Alternative Spring Break launched (with hurricane rehabilitation trip to Pensacola, FL) | |
| (April) Annual Service-Learning Awards Program begins | |
| (June) Inaugural Service-Learning Symposium held | |
| (September) WCU becomes member institution of Campus Compact | |
| 2006: | (January) Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service event begins |
| (January) Inaugural Community Service-Learning Fair staged | |
| First overseas Alternative Spring Break (international service-learning) trip: “Project Panama” | |
| (August) Civic Place residential program launched | |
| First Assistant Director of Service Learning hired | |
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WCU endorses the Presidents’ Declaration on the Civic Responsibility of Higher Education WCU Service Learning student nominee selected as national finalist for Campus Compact’s Howard R. Swearer Humanitarian Award |
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| 2007: | (July) Service Learning transferred to Academic Affairs (as unit under Undergraduate Studies); unit renamed Center for Service Learning |
| Center for Service Learning begins participating in NC Campus Compact-AmeriCorps*VISTA Program | |
| Alternative Break Program expanded (with Fall Break trip to Johns Island, SC) | |
| (October) Service-Learning Course Designation approved by Faculty Senate | |
| 2008: | Number of Community Partners and service sites surpasses 100 |
| Campus Kitchen Garden Project launched | |
| WCU named to the 2007 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll | |
| Annual conference renamed Symposium on Service Learning & Civic Engagement | |
| 2009: | WCU named to the 2008 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction |
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WCU featured in national publication Guide to Service-Learning Colleges and Universities (Student Horizons & Kendall/Hunt, 2009) (April) Center for Service Learning receives the Support Program of Excellence Award from
the University Catamount Student Service Corps created (November) WCU hosted the 17th Annual North Carolina Campus Compact Student Conference
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| 2010: |
WCU named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction (Spring) WCU Student Government Association votes to creat position for Service-Learning Senator; first Senator elected (August) Campus Kitchen Garden Club of WCU formed |
WCU Service-Learning Timeline