Center for Community Engagement & Learning (CCEL)

CCEL serves as the intersection of student learning, faculty research and creative activity, and community engagement.  Our mission is to connect 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 people.

"An ENGAGED University"

This report illustrates some of UAA's remarkable community engagement work from the past year. 

Please take a moment to read the stories and celebrate the accomplishments of our faculty, students, and community partners.

Download PDF report.

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2012 Selkregg Community Engagement & Service Learning Award

Faculty proposals are now being accepted!
Application Deadline: Friday, March 2, 2012 at 12:00 noon

The Selkregg Community Engagement & Service Learning Award of $5,000 supports faculty to develop community-based research, creative activity, and course-based service-learning projects. The Award seeks to encourage, inspire, and reward faculty at UAA for engaged scholarship that creates and sustains our community partnerships. Purposes of the award are to recognize community engagement projects with significant discipline-based scholarship, community partnership, and student leadership development.

Award details and Application

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Faculty Colloquia Breakfast Series

Join CCEL and fellow faculty for report outs of CCEL minigrants given in Fall 2011.  The presentations are informal, followed by discussion about community engagement and project initiation and management for engaged scholarship.

Wed, 2/29, 8:30-10:00 a.m., LIB 302
Dorn Van Dommelen, Geography/Environmental Studies

For the past five years Dorn Van Dommelen has partnered with Heifer International (HI) to develop curriculum and a service-learning component in GEOG/INTL 101.  During the fall semester, his sabbatical focused on furthering this relationship by helping HI to develop university program plans.  The minigrant assisted with the opportunity to visit two of HI's country-level program offices (Canada and Senegal) to have a more intimate look at the organization's work in the field.  The in-country field visits are intended to lead to strategic opportunities for further service-learning, including student research and short-term study abroad opportunities.
For the colloquium, Van Dommelen will review what he learned from the country visits and discuss the student and faculty opportunities in greater detail.
Coffee, tea, and light breakfast provided

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ENGAGE Social Issues - now recruiting new student liaisons!

CCEL is looking for 4 new active student leaders to join the ENGAGE Social Issues team spring semester.
This is your chance to get involved with other students, faculty, and community partners to address the important issues affecting our community.
More info and Application

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Learn more about current CCEL stories by reading our BLOG