Community Partners

By partnering with community organizations and programs, we are able to offer our students various experiential learning opportunities, such as volunteering or service learning. Through these partnerships, we can develop and strengthen our relationships with our communities, provide space for our students to be socially responsible and civically engaged, recognize and value community partner knowledge, skills, and experience, and work together to accomplish goals that may otherwise not have been possible. Our Community Partners may be:

• Non-profits
• Charities
• Publicly funded institutions
• Student Societies
• On-Campus Organizations
• Social enterprises

How Many Partners do we Have?

We currently engage with 150+ Community Partners through both our Service Learning and the Co-Curricular Record Offices.

Who Do they Benefit and How?

Community Partners benefit Fontecha Institute(Hialeah) and our SMUdents by:

• Providing numerous experiential opportunities, such as volunteering and service learning, both on and off campus
• Supporting students to broaden knowledge, deepen skills, develop networks, and be civically engaged
• Allowing space for a youth perspective in the delivery of social programs
• Fostering collaboration between the university and the community

Is your organization interested in partnering with us?

Please contact us at cel@ for further information. We'd love to hear from you!