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The OCE provides supportive services for faculty and departments interested in embedding service-learning or community-based learning strategies into their curriculum.
New Faculty
Follow this link if you are a faculty member who is new to civic engagement and community-based learning. |
Returning Faculty
Follow this link if you are a faculty member who is once again working with our office to embed community-based learning into your curriculum. |
Civic Engagement Benefits for Faculty and Instructors
- Creates new avenues for scholarship and publication
- Enhances connections between research and teaching
- Provides networking opportunities for colleagues across disciplines
- Increases student recruitment and retention to departments due to increased enthusiasm and engagement with coursework
- Offers faculty the opportunity to be actively engaged and knowledgeable about community issues
- Furthers the development of a more engaged campus
- Fosters motivated teaching due to greater student interaction with subject matter
- Nurtures the development of relationships between organizations and faculty
Faculty and Instructors are expected to:
- Describe the civic engagement activity and its relation to the course objectives in the course syllabus, and facilitate activities that will prepare students for their civic engagement experience.
- Familiarize themselves with the service sites and monitor student progress through discussions, journal assignments, progress reports or individual consultations.
- Have students complete all necessary paperwork for the organization and OCE.
- Provide individual and/or group forums for students to reflect on their learning.
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