CCEL provides tuition awards for students to serve as assistants to faculty in their community-engaged teaching, research, or creative activity.

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What is a Community Engaged Student Assistant (CESA)?

Community Engaged Student Assistants support students, faculty, and community partners in four key areas: 

  • Developing community partnerships with faculty;
  • Recruiting, placing, training and coordinating service-learners for courses;
  • Developing creative projects, applying technical expertise, and collecting research data;
  • Providing direct service/research to the community partner(s).

Meet the past CESAs and learn about their projects:

Fall 2012 CESAs
Spring 2012 CESAs
Fall 2011 CESAs
Spring 2011 CESAs

Current CESA Opportunities:

Now accepting proposals for the Fall 13 CESA application.

Download the CESA Proposal Guidelines

Proposals are due by noon on May 10 (for early decision) or by no later than August 23.  Email proposals to engage@uaa.alaska.edu.