University of Alaska Anchorage
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Center for Community Engagement & Learning
The Center for Community Engagement & Learning (CCEL) serves as the intersection of student learning, faculty research and creative activity, and community engagement.
Community Engaged Spotlight
Shannon Donovan: Bridging the gap between classroom and real life
CCEL Public Scholars: A generation’s debt inspires UAA’s Public Service Scholars to open a dialogue for collaborative solutions
Herminia Din: Reduce, reuse, recycle: How one UAA professor is educating students on the art of upcycling
Katherine Ohle and Jennifer McKay: UAA professors connect new teachers with classroom libraries
CCEL Community Engaged Student Assistants: Getting Involved
2019 UAA ACCREDITATION INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COMMENDATION:
"Its commitment to community engagement and the Public Square."
Carnegie Foundation
Community Engaged Institution
CCEL 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.
Since 2006, UAA has been recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a “Community Engaged Institution.” CCEL serves as a central locus for the intersection of student learning, faculty research, and community engagement. UAA uses the Carnegie Foundation's definition of community engagement for our work with communities: "Community Engagement describes the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity."
