CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Honors College students are strongly encouraged to give back to their community through a variety of means.
Alpha Phi Omega - A society that offers service to disabled and disadvantaged people throughout Chicago.
New Life Volunteering Society - A society that offers service to disabled and disadvantaged people throughout Chicago.
Alternative Spring Break - ASB is a student-run organization that takes UIC students and places them in volunteer sites across the US during winter break and spring break.
Project ESTEEM - Student volunteers in Project ESTEEM work at a children's shelter to show under-privileged kids the exciting world of science.
Peace Corp - Peace Corps volunteers work with governments, schools, non-profit organizations, non-government organizations, and entrepreneurs in the areas of education, health, HIV/AIDS, business, information technology, agriculture, and the environment.
America Reads - Members of America Reads tutor children from elementary schools, middles schools and several other educational institutions.
City Year - City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them skills and opportunities to change the world.
Tau Beta Pi - Tau Beta Pi is an engineering honors society which strives to honor students who have shown excellent aptitude in their engineering studies as well as improve the name of engineering in society.
Teach for America - Teach For America exists to address educational inequity. In our nation, which aspires to be a land of equal opportunity, where a child is born, still determines that child's educational outcomes.
SLDVS - Student Leadership Development and Volunteer Services - The Community Service/ Volunteerism programs serve to promote community engagement through service, while helping students develop a sense of responsibility and accomplishment.