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MISSION & SERVICES
Our Mission Statement
The Center for Community Engagement & Learning connects academic programs with community needs to use scholarship and action for the mutual benefit of the University and the State, its communities, and its diverse peoples.
Who We Are
Launched in Fall 2000, UAA's Center for Community Engagement & Learning develops community-based, applied research projects and supports academic service-learning, an effective learning tool that links community service with academic study. In 2006, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching informed UAA that our institution has been classified as a Community Engaged Institution.
The Center coordinates partnerships between the University and area non-profit organizations, governmental and tribal agencies, and area schools to address a diverse range of community needs, including environmental sustainability, healthy communities, and youth and family empowerment through education.
We Serve As
- a clearinghouse for faculty interested in community-based, service-learning teaching and research;
- a front door to the University for community leaders with project ideas, proposals and needs;
- a catalyst for students seeking engagement or relevant learning experiences beyond the traditional classroom; and
- a promoter and generator of participatory action research to help meet the applied research needs of the community.
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