About the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning
Mission
The mission of the Center for Civic Engagement & Learning is to create an engaged campus by providing and supporting opportunities for community service and collective action while promoting civic awareness and leadership.
Initially established in January, 1994, as the Office of Student Community Service, the Center for Civic Engagement & Learning currently facilitates
curricular, co-curricular, and community-based work-study opportunities for Case's undergraduate, graduate, and professional school students.
CCEL promotes civic engagement and active learning through the following:
- One-time and ongoing projects and programs that introduce students and faculty to community service opportunities that support learning and benefit the community
- Curricular and logistical assistance to faculty utilizing service learning as a pedagogical tool
- Assistance to students seeking community-based capstone projects and service learning coursework
- Work-study and paid placements in the community
- Support of the community service efforts of student organizations, residence halls, Greek Life organizations, and Student Affairs committees
- Opportunities for community organizations to raise awareness of service events at their sites
- Information about local, national, and international service opportunities, including post-graduation programs
Support
The Center's programs and activities have received generous support from:
- The Case Alumni Association
- CWRU CCEL E.S.C.A.P.E. BookBuyBack
- CWRU Center for Community Partnerships
- CWRU College of Arts and Sciences
- CWRU Second Year Institute
- CWRU Undergraduate Alumni Association
- Church of the Covenant
- Corporation for National and Community Service
- Famicos Foundation
- Flora Stone Mather Alumnae Association
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- John P. Murphy Foundation
- Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
- Ohio Community Service Council
- Ohio Department of Education