AboutOur Partners

Our Partners

We love to collaborate.

The civic mission of higher education has been part of Penn’s DNA since its founding by Benjamin Franklin. Today there are numerous centers, programs, and organizations across the University dedicated to various aspects of this mission. The SNF Paideia Program builds on, collaborates with, networks, and leverages these existing entities to make the Penn undergraduate experience greater, and more meaningful, than the sum of its individual parts.

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Netter Center

Through the Netter Center, the University currently engages in three types of activities: academically based community service, direct traditional service, and community development.

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Fox Leadership

Through University-wide programming, Fox Leadership encourages students to consider the lessons in leadership and life articulated and modeled by Robert A. Fox, the leader after whom it is named: finding your passions; putting people first; and succeeding the right way.

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Civic House

Penn’s hub for civic engagement, the Civic House is centered around community organizations and social justice education, promoting mutually beneficial collaborations between Penn and Philadelphia community nonprofit organizations.

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The Andrea Mitchell Center

Global in its outlook, multifaceted in its purposes, the Andrea Mitchell Center seeks to contribute to the ongoing quest for democratic values, ideas, and institutions throughout the world.

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Wellness at Penn

Wellness at Penn is dedicated to caring for students during their academic journey while creating a campus-wide community of care. Our team is committed to offering a wide range of opportunities to access support, clinical resources, and practical tools to meaningfully engage with one’s health and wellbeing. Wellness at Penn is built upon two pillars that operate collaboratively to create a campus community centered on wellness: Student Health and Counseling, offering clinical services to all Penn students, and Public Health and Wellbeing which seeks to create a community of care through advocacy, education, and action.

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Penn in Washington

With programming on campus as well as in Washington, D.C., Penn in Washington (PIW) supports students exploring public service careers. Attend speaker events with leaders in politics, government, and public policy or learn about internship opportunities using the PIW internship database.

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What Our Partners Are Saying

We at Civic House are delighted to partner with SNF Paideia during this Year of Civic Engagement to create an incubator in which Penn undergraduates can fashion an approach to civic engagement that understands service as a path to community and individual wellness.

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Dr. Herman Beavers
Professor of English and Africana Studies, Graduate Chair, Department of Africana Studies, Faculty Director Civic House

The Latest From Our Partners

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PennNYC and PennClub of Chicago Alumni Event – Dialogue Across Differences: Political Empathy Lab (PEL) at Penn

Join Dr. Lia Howard (C '01, PhD '11), Director of PEL & Fellows Director, SNF Paideia Program, with current and student members of the… Read More
In the News

SNF Paideia Program hosts panel on populist conservatism featuring policy experts

The event at College Hall featured three prominent figures from think tanks and political research firms: Abigail Ball from American… Read More
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Nov 21

Roots to Routes: A Book Talk with Dr. Chaz Howard

Join us as we welcome the Rev. Charles (Chaz) Lattimore Howard, PhD, University Chaplain and Vice President for Social Equity &… Read More
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What Japan Taught Me About Identity, Language, and Being Human

“You’re only in Japan twice,” I kept saying to myself every time I stretched my pockets a bit beyond what my stomach could hold… Read More
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Dec 4

FirePIT Chat with Dr. Hollis Robbins

Penn's Public Interest Technology (PIT) Initiative is pleased to announce the next FirePIT Chat. On December 4th we'll be joined by Dr.… Read More
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iMEdD Highlights the Importance of Rethinking the Work of Journalism

In the 1990s and 2000s, I was a newspaper reporter who believed my industry would never crumble. After all, I had come to believe in the… Read More
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“Misunderstandings About Understanding,” A Tragic Meta-Dialogue in One Short Act

Ian MacMullen, resident scholar in the SNF Paideia Program, tells a cautionary tale of dialogue gone wrong at Paideia’s bad… Read More
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Penn Today

A world shaped by water and access

Fourth-year Griffin Pitt grew up hearing the expression “Water always wins” from her grandmother, an insurance agent. Pitt grew up in… Read More

Submit an Opportunity

Do you have an opportunity related to dialogue, wellness, citizenship, or service you would like us to share? Email SNF Paideia at info@snfpaideia.upenn.edu and we will promote your event, internship, course, or other offering to Penn students, faculty, and staff.

 

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