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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Listening to the Listener: Field notes in four parts

What does it mean to listen in a time of war, distraction, and deep division? As voices grow louder and more fractured, the answer feels… Read More
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May 1

SNF Paideia Capstone Dialogues

SNF Paideia Capstone Dialogues 60-Second Lightning Talks + Facilitated Dialogue Sessions Please join us for the 2026 SNF Paideia… Read More
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Apr 20

Roots to Routes: A Book Talk with Romina Garber

We are so pleased to welcome Romina Garber, author of Lobizona, to Penn in April for a lunchtime book talk event with Penn students,… Read More
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A Menu for Dialogue: Cultivating Connection With and Among Students

We experimented with a new assignment for our sophomore SNF Paideia fellows last fall, requiring them to meet with me in small groups for… Read More
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Dialogue and the Contemplative Classroom

Dialogue is central to the teaching of mindfulness (Kabat-Zinn 2019). First, students become acquainted with their inner dialogue, the… Read More
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Apr 14

Asian America Across the Disciplines with Jennifer Lee and Samuel Jones

SNF Paideia Program, Penn Global Seminar and Asian America Across the Disciplines Series Spring 2026 present: Race and Labor… Read More
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A Journey to St. Helena: Return, Remoteness, and the Problem of a Single Story

This winter break, I spent a week in one of the most remote places on Earth: St. Helena Island, nearly 1,150 miles off the coast of Cape… Read More
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Discovering what powers community health organizations in Philadelphia

Less than a quarter mile from Penn’s campus is the new home of Bebashi, the nation’s first organization to address the AIDS epidemic 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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