Below are links to just a few of the unique service learning experiences Duke students can take advantage of:

DukeEngage is a major new program that provides funding for Duke undergraduates who wish to pursue an intensive civic engagement experience anywhere in the world. Through DukeEngage, students apply what they have learned in the classroom to address societal issues at home or abroad. Duke will cover expenses (travel and living) associated with the immersive service experience. Summer 2007 pilot programs sent students to Kenya, Ukraine, Yemen and India.

Through the university’s Hart Leadership Program, Duke seniors and recent alumni may apply to the Hart Fellows Program, which offers recent graduates ten month fellowships with international humanitarian organizations. Fellows conduct Research Service Learning (RSL) projects in collaboration with their host organizations; recent research initiatives include such topics as HIV/AIDS treatment, domestic violence prevention and community reconstruction in a post-war setting.

Through Service Opportunities in Leadership, select Duke undergraduates combine academic study, community service, mentoring, and leadership training. Interns work with community development initiatives, organizing efforts, refugee and immigration issues, clinical health programs, and a range of service projects.Students have served in community organizations in Central America, Namibia, Ghana and South Africa. SOL is sponsored by the Hart Leadership Program.

Research service-learning (RSL) is an innovative educational practice that includes the input of students, faculty, and community members in addressing questions of mutual interest through research. Scholarship with a Civic Mission: Research Service-Learning at Duke was established to promote this pedagogy throughout the Duke community and beyond. Students have received grants to conduct research in South Africa, Malawi, Argentina and Kenya.

Studying abroad is an excellent opportunity to engage in service in an international setting. Engagement in service abroad will challenge you to act and reflect on global issues. SEE! the World is a learning community that prepares you for international service learning, connects you and your peers abroad through online reflection and provides an academic opportunity for you to link study abroad and the Duke experience.

The Engineering World Health Summer Institute is a unique program that gives undergraduate engineering students the opportunity to answer the medical equipment needs of underserved communities by learning to refurbish donated medical equipment and installing that equipment in third world hospitals in Costa Rica and Tanzania.

The Public Interest and Pro Bono program underscores Duke Law School’s commitment to provide students with experiential learning opportunities that not only contribute to their professional development, but also stress the value of service. Students provide law -related services in a broad array of areas, including criminal law, environmental law, and civil rights, and work with Legal Aid, non-profit advocacy groups, government, and private attorneys in their pro bono work. Duke Law students have worked in international public interest internships during the summer in such places as Peru, South Africa and Ecuador.

The Robertson Scholars Summer Enrichment Program aims to provide the scholars with meaningful and substantive summer experiences that will help them develop their leadership skills and experience the challenges and rewards of working in a community service organization. All scholars are challenged to act within communities in the United States and abroad .Through a combination of domestic and international experiences, students work with program staff to design and implement comprehensive and challenging summer experiences that will compliment their academic lives, allow them to explore and act on individual passions and inform their future careers.

The Divinity School's involvement with international institutions and cultures has always gone beyond one-way educational opportunities. Over the years, faculty, alumnae and alumni, and students have lived and worked in locations abroad, under both ecclesiastical and secular auspices. For the past several years both in-course and graduating United Methodist students have served for one year as pastor of a British Methodist circuit. The latest listings include over 100 seminary graduates in ministry overseas, including two recent graduates in Brazil and two in Haiti.