What is a Community Engaged Student Assistant?
Community Engaged Student Assistants support students, faculty, and community partners in four key areas:
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Developing community partnerships with faculty;
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Recruiting, placing, training and coordinating service-learners for courses;
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Developing creative projects, applying technical expertise, and collecting research data;
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Providing direct service/research to the community partner(s).
Why be a CESA?
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Have a meaningful experience working with faculty and community members;
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Hands-on opportunities utilizing your major to work with the local community;
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Tuition awards available to help compensate for the work you perform.
If you're interested in working with a faculty member on a community-engaged project and are in need of assistance in forming a connection, email engage@uaa.alaska.edu and CCEL will be happy to meet with you. Otherwise, feel free to stop by LIB 211G or call 786-4062.
Meet the CESAs and learn about their projects:
Fall 2012 CESAs
Spring 2012 CESAs
Fall 2011 CESAs
Spring 2011 CESAs
