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Applications for Harvard College's student residential housing board and council are open!

September 20, 2019

Are you a leader in public service? Do you want to make public service an integral part of Harvard residential life? If so, apply to be a House Public Service Representative or Service to Society First-Year Council Member. Download applications here...

College announces new leadership for Phillips Brooks House

August 27, 2019

Harvard College announced today two key appointments at the Phillips Brooks House Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship as it expands efforts to connect students and faculty who share an interest in working to improve communities.Charles...

3SP: Incoming First-Year Given Opportunity To Sample Public Service

August 20, 2019

Article here: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/08/incoming-first-year-give… A summer of helping Program for incoming first-years offers an opportunity to sample public service BY Manisha Aggarwal...

Harvard-bound student offering to help teens achieve their college dream

August 06, 2019

We are excited to share the news about one of our Service Starts with Summer Program (3SP) students, Marilynn Miguel! See article here. Harvard-bound student offering to help teens achieve their college dream Marilynn Miguel, a Vineland High senior, talks...

Announcing the Service Starts with Summer Program (3SP) Cohort Leaders!

June 13, 2019

We are excited to announce the inaugural Cohort Leaders for the Service Starts with Summer Program (3SP) at Harvard College. 3SP Cohort Leaders will support 3SP students with leadership development and reflection throughout the summer. More about the...

Social Engagement Through Music New Course Connects Students, Local Artists of Color

June 07, 2019

Social Engagement Through Music New Course Connects Students, Local Artists of Color article about a Mindich program here: https://music.fas.harvard.edu/Social%20Engagement%20Through%20Music.pdf

President Bacow's Mention of PBH's 3SP in Phoenix

May 15, 2019

Bacow Discusses University-City Partnerships in Phoenix From the Harvard Crimson; all right reserved For more information on 3SP, please click here University President Lawrence S. Bacow speaks at his inauguration in October 2018. Photo: Amy Y. Li By...

Accepting Applications: Assistant Dean for Civic Engagement and Service

April 09, 2019

The Assistant Dean for Civic Engagement and Service reports to the Faculty Director of the Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship at Harvard College, and is responsible for overseeing a broad range of civic engagement programs and professional...

Phillips Brooks House to host Public Service Recruiting Day Oct. 27

October 27, 2017

On Friday, Oct. 27, Harvard College will host Public Service Recruiting Day, aimed at matching public service employers with students interested in beginning public service oriented careers. Nearly 20 diverse organizations will be represented, and will...

Dean Corbin's Legacy: 15 Years of Creating ‘Citizen-Leaders’

April 26, 2018

Though the faces of the students who frequent the halls of Phillips Brooks House change each year, Assistant Dean of Harvard College for Public Service Gene A. Corbin, with his fist-bumps and friendly smile, has been a constant on campus for a generation...

The Power to Make a Difference

January 29, 2018

Hundreds of Harvard alumni and students came together for the seventh annual Public Interested Conference on Jan. 27 to consider taking on roles to address many of society’s most pernicious problems, from civil rights violations to poverty to sexual...

At Conference, Students Consider Public Service Careers