17,480 students have completed service-learning projects with more than 500 community agencies, contributing in excess of 365,289 hours of documented service  (an estimated value of $2.1 million dollars to the community calculated at $6/hour).

Approximately 200 MDC faculty utilized service-learning in their teaching.

Recruitment/retention/workforce development – MDC students are better prepared for the workforce, often receive job offers from their service site, are able to apply what they are learning in the classroom, and often change their majors or career direction based on their positive experience with service.

Recruit, hire, train, and support an average of 130 America Reads Federal Work Study tutors each term

Coordinate another 100 Federal Work Study tutors from the University of Miami, FIU, Barry University, and others for a total of 245 tutors.

Provide individualized tutoring to approximately 1,900 1^st grade children each week and have helped more than 5,000 children since 1997.

Enhance MDC’s national reputation and leadership – our programs have been cited by former President Clinton, former Secretary of Education Riley, Carol Rasco, AACC, Campus Compact, 
and many others as models in higher education.  We are known throughout the nation for both service-learning and America Reads.

College-wide program with three comprehensive campus centers, outreach activities to all campuses, a college-wide director, and three campus coordinators.

Nationally recognized as a model award winning program.

Administers the nation’s largest community college service-learning program.

Administers the nation’s largest community college America Reads program.

Coordinates Volunteer Miami (web site, street fair, training in volunteer management).

Annually assists with the Miami Book Fair International.

Helps oversee regional Higher Education America Reads Coalition and Americorps*VISTA project.

Wrote and awarded grants totaling $384,500 in 2000-2001 to support service-learning activities at the College (see below).

• Oversees Campus Compact’s Making a Civic Investment Overtown computer lab grant ($200,000 over five years).
• Recently awarded grants from AACC ($7,500 for Project Citizen)
• Temple University ($24,500 grant for Project SHINE).
• Florida Department of Education ($75,000 grant over three years for Medical Campus/BTW High School Partnership).
• Campus Compact National Center for Community Colleges ($52,500 grant over three years for Digital Divide project in Overtown).
• Florida PowerUp ($25,000 grant).