Participating Institutions: Saint Francis University, Juniata College, Mt. Aloysius College, Communities in Schools of the Laurel Highlands, Goodwill Industries, and Pennsylvania Mountain Service Corps

The Southern Alleghenies Learn and Serve Alliance (SALSA) is new in many ways.  Our member institutions of higher learning are just beginning to embrace the practice of course-embedded service learning and assessment.  Our community partnerships, while long-term in several instances, are new to an attempt to coordinate and to collaborate on a regional level with colleges and universities.  The original organizers of SALSA are new to one another, although one or two specific persons have worked together on earlier projects or programs.  This newness is both an asset and a liability.