The Civic Scholar program seeks to open new pathways for communities and campus to engage with each other, enhance networks (social capital) of students and community members beyond Swarthmore College, and increase capacity of both students and communities to achieve their civic and social responsibility goals. To that end, this program provides students with mentoring, education, training, and funding over multiple years. Swarthmore Civic Scholars is a program of the Lang Center and the Richard Rubin Mentoring Program. Awards $6000 for each summer, $1500 each year for two academic years, and is open to first-generation and/or low-income first-years or sophomores.