We’ve promoted service learning opportunities at every turn. Created new community partnerships whenever possible. Nurtured relationships with existing partners without fail. And facilitated research and scholarship every step of the way.
That hard work hasn’t gone unnoticed. IU Indianapolis (IUPUI transitioned to IU Indianapolis in 2024) has received numerous awards and honors for its service learning and community engagement efforts.
As an exceptional display of leadership, team building, and growth done by our university-assisted community schools, IUPUI received the Civic Engagement Award at the National Community Schools & Family Engagement Conference hosted by the Institute for Educational Leadership.
Kathy Johnson, IUPUI executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer, was the 2022 recipient of the William M. Plater Award for Leadership in Civic Engagement. Johnson’s outstanding achievements include championing the creation of the Profiles of Learning for Undergraduate Success, the Institute for Engaged Learning and the Office of Institutional Research and Decision Support.
In 2015, Indiana University received the Innovation and Economic Prosperity University designation from the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities. This designation recognizes institutions for their contributions to regional economic development and resiliency through economic engagement.
In 2015, we were reclassified as a Community Engaged Institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
In 2014 and 2015, we were selected as one of 74 campuses to participate in NASPA’s LEAD Initiative on Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement.
IUPUI was selected for the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll in 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014.
In 2010, we received the Outreach Scholarship W. K. Kellogg Foundation Engagement Award, honoring the campus’s partnership with George Washington Community School.
The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars awarded IUPUI the Higher Education Civic Engagement Award in 2010.
During this period, we appeared on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with distinction three times; in 2006, 2008, and 2009.
IUPUI was recognized as one of the top five “Best Neighbor” colleges and universities in the nation by the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities in 2009.
In 2009, the National Service Learning Clearinghouse selected IUPUI as a “research advisor” to develop web-based resources for service learning research.
In 2007, the inaugural edition of the Guide to Service-Learning Colleges and Universities recognized our service learning programs and the Sam H. Jones Community Service Scholarship Program.
We were named one of 25 “Saviors of Our Cities” by The New England Board of Higher Education in 2006.
We are the highest-ranked public school on this list of urban colleges and universities that have dramatically strengthened the economy and quality of life of their neighboring communities.
In 2006, the Corporation for National and Community Service selected IUPUI as one of three universities to receive the inaugural Presidential Award.
In 2005, The Princeton Review and Campus Compact named IUPUI one of 81 “Colleges with a Conscience” because of our commitment to engaging students in the community.
In 2002, U.S. News & World Report recognized our campus for our service learning programs for the first time, an honor that we’ve earned a total of 14 times since then.
In 2001, The American Association of State Colleges and Universities identified IUPUI as a campus that demonstrates a high level of commitment to civic engagement.
In 1998, the American Association of Higher Education, Campus Compact, and the National Society for Experiential Education named IUPUI a Model of Good Practice for the institutionalization of service learning.
In 1996, we received the distinct honor of being one of four campuses nationwide selected to participate in the Kellogg Peer Review of Professional Service project.
