Project SHINE is a national service-learning initiative that builds partnerships among community colleges, universities and community-based organizations to benefit older immigrants, refugees and college students. 

SHINE links college students with older immigrants and refugees seeking to learn English and navigate the complex path to U.S. citizenship.  In community centers, temples, churches, senior housing, and classrooms, students tutor elders in English, helping them become more actively engaged in their communities and teaching the U.S. history and civics needed to pass the citizenship exam.

SHINE is coordinated through the Center for Intergenerational Learning at Temple University and is currently being replicated at 18 institutions of higher education in 14 cities across the United States.  From 1997-2000, over 3000 college students have provided more than 60,000 hours of service to 9000 older immigrants and refugees across the country.