Category: Community Partnerships

Assistant Professor and Andersen Fellow of American Studies and History Meredith McCoy has been at Carleton since fall 2019. This term, she developed a new Academic Civic Engagement class, Introduction…

Last week, through the collaborative work of the CCCE and ACE, Carleton students and staff  released Quiet Town, a self-described “quarantine chapbook,” a collection of creative written pieces and visual…

Empty Bowls *Virtual Version* May 15, 2020

We recognize that this will impact our community partners.

This year Carleton offered a biology course on agroecology as part of the CCCE’s ACE courses. The class, which is taught by Professor David Hougen-Eitzman, focuses on the scientific aspects of food production, including the application of principles of ecosystem and population ecology to agricultural systems. Alongside learning the science of food production, students also have the chance to visit local farms and create projects that will engage with food production in the local community and provide services to farmers or community organizations.

As winter draws near, elementary school kids got one more shot at exploring the outdoors. The Environmental Systems cohort led their annual Fall Fest Field Trip the other week, in collaboration with Green Thumbs, Art Sprouts, and Kids for Conservation.

Every two years the Upper Midwest Association for Campus Sustainability holds a conference to help colleges and universities exchange information about their sustainability efforts. Read about Carleton’s first time hosting the event.

With the ideal of reciprocity at its core, civic engagement is one of the many directions Carls take their skills in collaboration, both during and after college.

Read about how 2015 alum Vayu Rekdal developed the Young Chefs program and how he has continued this work.

CCCE Fellows from each focus area reflect on the challenges of promoting student involvement in civic engagement and the rewards of collaborative projects.

An up-and-coming leader in the Carleton community helps run a Habitat for Humanity trip in Waterloo, Iowa