Making a Difference Colleges

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Antioch College (Yellow Springs, OH)
Beloit College (Beloit, WI)
Bemidji State University (Bemidji, MN)
Berea College (Berea, KY)
Brown University (Providence, RI)

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Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA)
California State University — Monterey Bay (Seaside, CA)
Carleton College (Northfield, MN)
Champlain College (Burlington, VT)
Clark University (Worcester, MA)
College of the Atlantic (Bar Harbor, ME)
Connecticut College (New London, CT)
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
Earlham College (Richmond, IN)
Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, VA)
Ecoversity (Santa Fe, NM)
Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (New York, NY)
Goshen College (Goshen, IN)
Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA)
Guilford College (Greensboro, NC)
Hampshire College (Amherst, MA)
Hendrix College (Conway, AR)

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Humboldt State University (Arcata, CA)
Juniata College (Huntingdon, PA)
Lewis and Clark College (Portland, OR)
Long Island University — Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY)
Manchester University (North Manchester, IN)
Menno Simmons College (Winnipeg, MB (CAN))
Middlebury College (Middlebury, VT)
Naropa University (Boulder, CO)
Northland College (Ashland, WI)
Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH)
Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY)
PennWest California (California, PA)
Pitzer College (Claremont, CA)
Portland State University (Portland, OR)
Prescott College (Prescott, AZ)
Rudolf Steiner Institute (CA)
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey — New Brunswick (Piscataway, NJ)

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SUNY — College of Environmental Science and Forestry (Syracuse, NY)
Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY)
Seattle University (Seattle, WA)

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Sheldon Jackson College (Sitka, AK)
St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN)
Stanford University (Stanford, CA)

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Sterling College (Craftsbury Common, VT)
Stetson University (Deland, FL)
Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA)
The Evergreen State College (Olympia, WA)
Tufts University (Medford, MA)
Unity College (Unity, ME)
University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
University of Colorado, Boulder (Boulder, CO)

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University of Minnesota — Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN)
University of New England (Biddeford, ME)
University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
University of Vermont (Burlington, VT)

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University of Wisconsin — Stevens Point (Stevens Point, WI)
Warren Wilson College (Asheville, NC)
Washington State University (Pullman, WA)

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Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT)
Western Washington University (Bellingham, WA)

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Yale University (New Haven, CT)

Source: Making A Difference College Guide, Sage Works Press (Shared with permission)

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About This List

At these schools, going to Belize to build homes is a normal Saturday afternoon. These are colleges included in Making A Difference Colleges by Miriam Weinstein. According to Weinstein, "most or all of the students are actively involved in community service and working to make a better world."