Student Community Engagement Center

Student Leaders for Service is a year-long leadership program that facilitates PSU students’ involvement in both the Portland State and greater Portland communities. Students serve at a community partner site on a weekly basis, supporting the work of the community partner and bringing its mission back to the PSU campus. Whether your passion is education, hunger, housing, health, racial justice, sustainability, or something else, SLS positions range every year in focus and can apply to all sorts of interests and majors. LINK IN BIO

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Samantha Her has been working with IRCO as a Student Leader for Service (SLS) during the 2025-26 school year.

Samantha said, “IRCO provides free tax assistance for anyone who makes under $100,000 a year. I do tax intake, which means identifying what each person does for work and doing tax preparation.
IRCO is a great opportunity to meet community members. We help lots of immigrants and refugees, and people are so relieved when we help them do their taxes.
I’m a finance major and this program let me see what accounting is like hands-on. It will also open up job opportunities in the future.
I like being a Student Leader for Service because it’s motivating to be around a culture of very passionate people.” ....Read more on our new Blog!
https://www.pdx.edu/student-community-engagement/blog-scec-action