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SEAS
Community Outreach and Service Learning Activities
STUDENT CLUBS
CommuniTech
CommuniTech is a unique community service initiative at the
School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University
of Pennsylvania. We are a non-profit student organization
that seeks to "bridge" the digital divide both locally and
globally. CommuniTech is one of the most active student-driven
community outreach groups on Penn's campus and together we
tackle the challenges of bridging the digital divide one project
and one person at a time.
Engineers
Without Borders, Penn Chapter (PennEWB)
Penn Engineers Without Borders promotes human development
through access to technology. The student-run non-profit organization's
dual efforts focus on helping developing communities worldwide
with their engineering needs through real, hands-on engineering
projects, and on educating students and the Philadelphia area
community about sustainable development and engineering.
Global BioMedical Service
Program (GBS)
The GBS Program prepares students through coursework at Penn
designed to familiarize them with the techniques of building
prosthetics, cultural differences between China and America,
and clinical skills necessary to work with patients, followed
by a 16-day trip to China. There, teams of Penn and Hong Kong
Poly U students work with amputees at a local clinic--a six-day
process that involves getting to know the patient and his
or her needs; measuring, designing and building the prosthesis;
then returning to the clinic to work with the patient to ensure
proper fit.
InnoWorks
Academy, Penn Chapter
InnoWorks is a non-profit organization founded, developed,
and conducted by volunteer college students, and is devoted
to designing and implementing innovative programs guided by
the latest neuroscience-based educational methologies to stimulate
interest in science, technology, and engineering among middle
school students from disadvantaged backgrounds, with particular
emphasis placed on targeting underrepresented minorities and
females. Penn InnoWorks targets middle school students from
three areas in the City of Philadelphia area - West, North
and Chinatown. Penn InnoWorks will also provide bi-monthly
scientific demonstrations at local middle schools.
Penn Engineering Outreach
Project for Livelihood and Education (PEOPLE)
PEOPLE is an organization designed to unite the Penn Engineering
community in order to raise awareness of engineering as a
possible career path for students in greater Philadelphia.
Students work with engineering faculty, graduate students
and staff to organize interactive presentations about all
types of engineering for elementary through high school students.
PEOPLE also serves the humanitarian community through fundraising
efforts for SEAS community outreach projects and relief organizations.
CURRENT LOCAL PROJECTS
AND PARTNERSHIPS
ACADEMY FOR AUTOMOTIVE AND MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING (AAME)
ALGEBRA: A PIPELINE TO ENGINEERING CAREERS (APEC)
FOLK ARTS - CULTURAL TREASURES CHARTER SCHOOL (FACTS)
FUNDACION COSECHA SOSTENIBLE HONDURAS (FUCOHSO)
HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, REHABILITATION ENGINEERING
MARIANA BRACETTI ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
META CULTURAL AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION of CAMEROON (MECUDA)
PENN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
THE PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE
W. B. SAUL AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL
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