2 May 2023
Dear Freshmen
SMU CORE CURRICULUM: COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMME
Welcome to SMU and greetings from the Centre for Social Responsibility (C4SR)! Our heartiest congratulations on your acceptance to SMU!
Community Service Graduation Requirement
Community Service has been an integral part of SMU’s DNA since our university’s inception in 2000 and is a graduation requirement under the Communities pillar of the SMU Core Curriculum.
All students will be awarded one course unit (1 CU) excluding students in the Bachelor of Laws programme, upon successful completion of the Community Service requirements. For students in the Bachelor of Laws programme, Community Service is a non-credit bearing graduation requirement.
Every student is required to complete a minimum of 80 hours in community service. Before you embark on your community service efforts, you have to complete five mandatory online units: one Reflective Practice Unit (RPU) and four Community Service Units (CSUs). The RPU will equip you with skills for deeper and more meaningful reflection, while the CSUs will introduce you to community service guiding principles and tools such as service learning, needs analysis, asset mapping and sustainability. These units will help you better understand and apply your learning so as to provide more impactful and sustainable service to the community.
Please login to SMU’s eLearn portal at https://elearn.smu.edu.sg/ from 3 June 2023 onwards to complete the RPU and CSUs. All students are required to complete these online units within their first Academic Year. Do plan and complete these units early, so that you may proceed to apply for your community service projects.
If you have problems accessing eLearn, please email to elearn@smu.edu.sg for assistance.
In conjunction with Matriculation and to help you embark on your CS journey, C4SR is pleased to bring you a selection of CS projects, planned exclusively for you by your seniors before the start of the academic term.
For more information on these projects, you can contact the respective Project HR Director. Indicate your interest by signing up quickly via the webform link https://forms.office.com/r/G24XE9r9c1. You can only sign up for ONE project by 31 July 2023. Kindly note that you need to complete and pass the Reflective Practice Unit (RPU) and Community Service Units (CSUs) before you start volunteering.
Besides these projects, do keep a lookout for other projects organised by your seniors. You can also volunteer individually in a cause you are passionate about, with a non-profit/community organisation or social service agency or social enterprise near your home.
For a quick overview of the Community Service procedure, please visit https://oasis.smu.edu.sg/Pages/C4SR/Community-Service-and-You.aspx
If you have any other enquiries, please email to commsvcs@smu.edu.sg.
With Best Wishes
Devi (Ms)
Head, Centre for Social Responsibility (C4SR)
Singapore Management University
Inspirar 2023
Established in 2008, Inspirar is a student-led Community Service Project (CSP) with the objective of promoting intergenerational bonding to bridge the gap between the youth and the elderly. The programme also aims to promote active ageing and to encourage elderly to adopt a healthy lifestyle in today's greying society.
Join us if you are passionate about this social cause and keen to explore creative ways to promote active ageing and encourage more elderly to adopt a healthier lifestyle.
Required Commitment:
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C4SR had curated a series of training workshops to help you familiarise with the social cause and to know more about the beneficiaries that you will be serving. It is compulsory for you to attend the training workshops in 1st two weeks of August 2023. More details will be shared nearer the date.
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You are also required to attend at least 15 beneficiaries’ engagement sessions which will be held between August to December 2023.
How to Sign-Up:
Get ready for a meaningful community service journey from August to December 2023.
For more information, please visit Inspirar’s facebook page or contact the following Project HR Director:
• Leong Jun Kai (jkleong.2022@business.smu.edu.sg)
• Hansen Lim Ke Xuan (hansen.lim.2022@scis.smu.edu.sg)
Kidleidoscope 2023
Kidleidoscope is a local SMU Community Service Project (CSP) that aims to inspire children from less privileged backgrounds to pursue their dreams and to provide opportunities for the children to maximise their potential by tapping on their creativity.
Join us if you are passionate about this social cause, have boundless energy and patience to engage the children and keen to organise activities to bring these children closer to their dreams.
Required Commitment:
- C4SR had curated a series of training workshops to help you familiarise with the social cause and to know more about the beneficiaries that you will be serving. It is compulsory for you to attend the training workshops in 1st two weeks of August 2023. More details will be shared nearer the date.
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You are also required to attend at least 15 beneficiaries’ engagement sessions which will be held between August to December 2023.
How to Sign-Up:
Get ready for a meaningful community service journey from August to December 2023.
For more information, please visit Kidleidoscope’s facebook page or contact the following Project HR Director:
• Tay Ke Er (keer.tay.2022@business.smu.edu.sg)
• Briandley Ang (briandleya.2022@business.smu.edu.sg)
Visit Kidleidoscope on Facebook
starringSMU 2023
Established in 2007, starringSMU is the longest-running student-led community service project (CSP) in SMU. starringSMU aims to raise awareness and support efforts to improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities.
Join us if you are passionate about this social cause and interested to be a champion for persons with disabilities. Be part of the ecosystem to support persons with disabilities and explore how you can use your talents to empower and enable persons with disabilities to be appreciated, respected and live with dignity in the community.
Required Commitment:
- C4SR had curated a series of training workshops to help you familiarise with the social cause and to know more about the beneficiaries that you will be serving. It is compulsory for you to attend the training workshops in 1st two weeks of August 2023. More details will be shared nearer the date.
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You are also required to attend at least 15 beneficiaries’ engagement sessions which will be held between August to December 2023.
How to Sign-Up:
Get ready for a meaningful community service journey from August to December 2023.
For more information, please visit starringSMU’s facebook page or contact the following Project HR Director:
• Crystal Gan Kai Ying (crystal.gan.2022@business.smu.edu.sg)
• Stella Blenda Chandra (stellac.2022@business.smu.edu.sg)