The Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) supports Carleton’s students, faculty, staff, and partners in collaborative work that advances the public good. Student opportunities include courses, jobs, and volunteerism with the local community.
Mission
The Center for Community & Civic Engagement creates and sustains opportunities for meaningful engagement for the Carleton community to deepen learning, broaden knowledge, and develop reciprocal relationships. Through thoughtful action, analysis, and reflection, the Center promotes integration of engagement with the College’s deep commitments to student development, teaching, learning, and scholarship.
Vision
To engage in inclusive, sustainable, reciprocal relationships that foster student learning and faculty development, fulfill community identified needs, and promote an equitable and peaceful society.
Learning Objectives
- Understand issues in their real world complexity
- Recognize and honor different forms of knowledge that may reside in/with community partners
- Deepen awareness of one’s positionality in civic engagement efforts, such as gender, race, and socioeconomic background.
- Take academic knowledge and do something with it beyond the classroom while learning in the process
- Develop leadership skills
- Nurture a commitment to life-long civic engagement