About Us
CommuniTech is a unique community service initiative at the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania. It is a non-profit student organization that seeks to bridge the digital divide both locally and globally. CommuniTech is one of the most active student-driven community outreach groups at Penn; its membership is fifty strong, and together they energetically and intelligently tackle the challenges of bridging the digital divide one project and one person at a time.
As society becomes increasingly integrated with technological breakthroughs, there is a danger that underprivileged individuals will be left behind and as a result will be further disadvantaged in their pursuit for equality. Within universities there is a wealth of technical talent. Given this pool of expertise we believe that students can play a pivotal role in helping society benefit from technology and ensure that they do not get left out of modern innovation.
The CommuniTech student leaders believe in measurable and tangible performance. We strive to improve our operations, grow our membership base and ensure the sustainability of the work that we do. Long term sustainability of all of our projects is one of the core missions of the group.