They have also worked with children of battered women, assisted first-time offenders to receive GEDs and performed lead poisoning testing for infants. The Students Serving Students Program - established in 1993 as a partnership between the Center for Service Learning and five elementary schools in the parish. The purpose of this program is to help curb the tide of violence among youth and to promote academic success. Another focus of the program has been on Southern University students tutoring English to Mexican children in an after school care program. The students who are interested in the medical field can fulfill their volunteer requirements in Mexico by working at the Mexican Red Cross office in Orizaba, Veracruz.
Students also enroll in a three course in conversational spanish.
Public Housing Initiative - an established partnership with the Baton Rouge Housing Authority to design and implement programs for residents of public housing. Residents are being empowered to become self-sufficient.