A portrait of a typical UDC-DCSL student would be incomplete without recognition of the characteristic strength of dedication to public service and causes that affect the quality of life in this country and throughout the world. One student, for example, worked with a Network of Women in Government and Politics organization, arranging public panel discussions on women's issues ranging from education and health care to reproductive rights and politics. Another student did volunteer work at the NAACP, while another worked as a volunteer teaching the homeless how to locate affordable housing. Yet another student works at a rape crisis hotline.
