Community outreach and engagement are intrinsic to Arizona State University’s mission as a public metropolitan research university, and central to the vision of a New American University that is committed to the needs of our region.

Public service has long been a defining characteristic of ASU. Our comprehensive approach to public service is evidenced by the breadth of community outreach programs and activities identified on this web site. ASU faculty, staff, and students are continually developing mutually productive partnerships with the community and establishing new and innovative programs to meet community needs. Combined, these programs reflect our commitment to creating the New American University; to social embeddedness; to being a force in the community, not just a place; and to being one university in many places.


ASU in the Community is an online resource of Arizona State University’s community outreach programs and activities—a tool to demonstrate social embeddedness. This web site compiles basic information about hundreds of programs and activities that benefit the community, from campus-wide community service projects to legal clinics, health services, tutoring and mentoring, summer camps, and college readiness programs.

The information on this web site is dynamic, changing as programs are added and modified by faculty and staff who coordinate community outreach programs. The web site relies on ASU faculty and staff to add and maintain their community outreach program information. If you know about a community outreach program that isn’t listed, please email us and we will contact the program to get them listed. If you coordinate a program that isn’t listed, please add your program.

• Search for community outreach programs (including summer camps) by keyword, interest area, audience, partners, semester, school district, college/school, ASU campus, city, zip code or any combination of these criteria (even more options for summer camps)
• Map ASU’s community outreach programs using an interactive mapping tool over a dynamic backdrop of census data, school districts, legislative districts, congressional districts, city council districts or zip codes
• Connect with ASU’s community outreach programs, collaborate with others who engage with the community, and see where ASU is in the region
• Plan and collaborate; leverage existing resources and relationships
• Add your program to the database; update program details
• Access customized reports of community outreach efforts in political districts
• Link to campus resources and outreach websites

• Office of University Initiatives: Conceptualization, implementation and ongoing operations
• Undergraduate Student Initiatives Technology Services: Development, production and technical support of web application and database, technical support for public web site (ongoing)
• GIS mapping tool development and support by the Institute for Social Sciences Research GIServices Core