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About the Haas Center

Our staff and advisory board members, programs, mission and values, and resources.

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Supporting the Haas Center

Learn more about the people and organizations who support our work and the ways in which you can join the Haas Center in helping students build a better world.

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Haas Center for Public Service

Haas Center History

How the Haas Center has chosen "action over apathy since 1985."

Introduction

Stanford University’s Haas Center for Public Service inspires and prepares students to create a more just and sustainable world through service, scholarship, and community partnerships.

The Haas Center engages more than 1,000 students annually in global service across diverse pathways – direct service, engaged scholarship, activism, philanthropy, public policy, and social entrepreneurship.

Guided by the Center’s Principles of Ethical and Effective Service, students develop a public purpose while honing the knowledge, skills, and adaptive leadership practices to catalyze and sustain positive social impact. Students integrate rigorous coursework with real-world experience and reflection, and work with renowned faculty across disciplines to address complex social problems.

The Haas Center serves as the hub for service at Stanford University and a model for how universities prepare students to be of greater service to the public.