Community Engagement Scholars and Faculty

Student and faculty collaborate

A resource for faculty and departmental community engagement activities

The Office of Service-Learning facilitates a program in which departments can be chosen to host an undergraduate or graduate student leader who will assist with:

  • Community partnerships,
  • Community-based research projects,
  • Service-learning courses,
  • and other community-engagement efforts.

The students are compensated through the AmeriCorps program and receive bi-weekly training through the Office of Service-Learning. Hosting a CE Scholar can complement your existing service-learning program or help you establish new community engagement initiatives.


Your only responsibilities are to

  • Provide a challenging and meaningful community engagement opportunity for your scholar
  • Describe the type of service your scholar will perform (the Action Plan) and the level of supervision they will receive.
  • Assign a faculty supervisor to design and monitor the CE scholars Action Plan.
  • Recruit and select the scholar
  • Provide adequate workspace for your scholar, which can be shared with others

All AmeriCorps paperwork, training, and monitoring is completed by the Office of Service-Learning.

Read a description of one scholar's year of service.

Apply to host a CE Scholar for 2012-2013

We are now accepting departmental applications to host a Community Engagement Scholar for the 2012-2013 Academic Year. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until February 24th or until our CE Scholar slots are exhausted.

You can get the application in one of two ways:

Download a Word Version of the Cover Letter and Application here:
2012 CES Application Document
Read the Cover Letter and submit your Application online here:
Online CES Application Online Version
Timeline
February 2012
Call for Departmental Applications: Due February 24th.
March
Departmental Hosts are Selected

Information sessions for interested students:

TBD - Time/date will be posted in February

March - May
Departments recruit and select their student(s)
August 2012
2012 Community Engagement Scholars begin their terms of service

Orientation for Faculty Hosts:

Friday, August 24th, 2012