What is the Office of Civic Engagement?
The Office of Civic Engagement has a long-standing commitment and role of creating actively engaged life-long citizens. It has established over 70 community partnerships with local community organizations and mobilizes approximately 2,000 students a year contributing more than 30,000 hours of service to the community.
Office of Civic Engagement Mission Statement
The mission of the Office of Civic Engagement is to educate students to be civically aware, skilled and committed to act for the public good.
The Office of Civic Engagement accomplishes this mission through curricular and co-curricular activities that create opportunities for students to find a meaningful role in their local, regional, national and international communities.
In addition to helping students find community organizations at which to volunteer or engage in community-based learning, our office also:
- Assists UMD faculty create community-based learning courses or retrofit their existing coursework to incorporate community-based learning
- Disseminates information about opportunities at community organizations
- Plans, partners, and hosts events such as volunteer activities, conferences, webinars, special speakers, community involvement fairs and book groups
- Awards mini-grants and engaged department grants to individuals or departments involved in community-based learning
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