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...Department of Housing and Urban Development as a representative to local communities in Philadelphia. Forty years later, I am reminded of this brief immersion in federal service as I have the opportunity to welcome HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan ’87 to campus on Thursday as part of Public Service Week...
...shining a spotlight on public service this week, we hope to reinforce Harvard’s commitment to serve the common good, and we wish to recognize the many contributions made by our students, faculty, and staff every day—through teaching, research, hands-on service, and developing policy solutions. There is a wide range of issues and projects in which members of the Harvard community are engaged as well as opportunities for service you may wish to pursue...
Recent data show that young people, in numbers not seen since the 1960s, are participating in public service. According to a 2008 Harvard Institute of Politics survey, more than half of 18- to 24-year-olds say they are interested in engaging in public service. Likewise, on our own campus, the majority of undergraduates report participation in public or community service during their time here. This past March, Phillips Brooks House Association’s alternative spring break program, which sends students to various locations for weeklong public service activities, received a record 380 applications—an increase...
This information suggests that young people increasingly see public service as an important part of their identities and as a central component of citizenship. At the same time, they are actively expanding the definition of what it means to serve. Public service work ranges from teaching to military service, from addressing poverty issues to generating government solutions to shared problems. It means working for a foundation like Gates or Rockefeller or serving in the Peace Corps. It means founding a nonprofit, like Project HEALTH, started by Rebecca Onie ’97 as an undergraduate and continuing today...
...educational institution, Harvard is committed to expanding the frontiers of knowledge and to supporting our students and faculty in developing their deepest interests, talents, and ambitions. For students and alumni interested in public service, we have an obligation to recognize the many forms that such service may take over a lifetime and a duty to assist in identifying pathways to service...