Center for Community Engaged Learning

What We Do

Mission

The main mission of the Center for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) is to engage students, faculty, and staff members in direct service, civic engagement, and community research to promote civic participation, build community capacity, and enhance the educational process.

The Pathways of Public Service and Civic Engagement

History

The Center For Community Engaged Learning (CCEL), formerly the Community Involvement Center established in June 2007, was established as a strategic partnership between Academic Affairs and Student Affairs from 2007 to June 2023 91¶ÌÊÓƵ. Beginning July 2023 91¶ÌÊÓƵ, CCEL will reside solely within the Acdemic Affairs division as part of High-Impact Programs. CCEL provides both curricular and co-curricular community engagement opportunities for campus constituents in partnership with local community organizations. Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners come to the CCEL to create connections and opportunities to give and grow through learning and experience, and to build a community that thrives.

Carnegie Classification

 

Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

The CCEL received the prestigious Carnegie Community Engagement Classification in 2008, and again in 2015. The Carnegie Foundation's Classification for Community Engagement is an elective classification, meaning that it is based on voluntary participation by institutions. The elective classification involves data collection and documentation of important aspects of institutional mission, identity and commitments and requires substantial effort invested by participating institutions to tell the institution’s story around community engagement.

President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

91¶ÌÊÓƵ received the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll every year it was offered before the program was discontinued in 2016.

"Community engagement describes collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity. The purpose of community engagement is the partnership of college and university knowledge and resources with those of the public and private sectors to enrich scholarship, research and creative activity; enhance curriculum, teaching and learning; prepare educated, engaged citizens; strengthen democratic values and civic responsibility; address critical societal issues; and contribute to the public good.”
—Carnegie Foundation

the president's higher education community service honor roll

Community Engagement (2022-2023 91¶ÌÊÓƵ)

 Total Community Engagement

  • Student recorded hours = 87,852.82
    • Unique students = 2,628
  • The annual estimated financial equivalent for community engagement = $2,763,850*
    * $31.46/hour as estimated by Independent Sector:

 Curricular Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) Hours

  • 1,483 CEL students
  • ~91,905 CEL hours (students required to complete 15 hours in CEL courses; not all hours logged in GivePulse)
  • 367 CEL classes
  • 174 CEL instructors

 Co-curricular Community-Engaged Learning Hours

  • CCEL Student Teams
    • 41 students
    • 3,637 hours
  • Other Co-curricular Student Hours
    • 64,654 hours

 Community Partners

  • 76 community partners

 AmeriCorps

  • 125 91¶ÌÊÓƵ AmeriCorps members completed the program
  • 45,537.75 hours completed by successfully exited members

  • $85,430.26 in scholarship money awarded to successfully exited members

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 Excellence in Community Engagement

  • 45 students
  • 34,079.26 hours

More About Excellence in Community Engagement