CSULB Center for Community Engagement

Description

Purpose

• Involve students and faculty in service learning community internships, volunteer opportunities, and community based research.

• Serve as a facilitative partner and resource for faculty, students and community members in strengthening community capacity.

• Build social and political capital.

• Enrich the educational experience of students.

• Facilitate shared community-based research through the coordination of civic engagement, effective service learning, and community collaborations.

• Streamline community access to the university by providing information on community-based research, service learning courses, and other community engagement activities within the university.

Service Learning is a teaching method that:

• Allows students to see and experience the relationship between theory and practice.

• Integrates and enhances both community service and academic instruction.

• Engages students in responsible and challenging community service.

• Emphasizes active learning in different environments.