Category: Programs & Projects

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…

Empty Bowls *Virtual Version* May 15, 2020

We recognize that this will impact our community partners.

The winter term blood drive is fast approaching! The blood drive will take place from February 4-6 in the Great Hall

Alternative Spring Break is a great opportunity for students to foster community engagement and spend their vacation doing something unique. Thanks to the Julianne Williams Memorial Fund the trips are very affordable, with $100 covering everything. Additionally, full and partial financial aid is available for a limited number of participants.

For those interested in the program, information sessions will be held on January 14th at noon and 7:00 p.m. in LDC 104. Applications for trip leaders are due January 24th, and applications for trip participants are due January 30th.

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.

This summer has seen some changes to the CCCE! Two staff moved on to new positions at the end of last year, so many of the continuing staff have taken on new roles and responsibilities. Along with this change, the CCCE also got to welcome two new staff members: Melissa Thomas and Abby Walker. I had the opportunity to sit down with Abby and Melissa and talk about their new roles and their approach to community and civic engagement.

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.

Students new to campus will find that the CCCE offers a wide range of volunteer programming within the umbrellas of our four focus areas—Education, Health and Wellbeing, Peace and Conflict, and Environmental Systems. Not sure which of our many programs would match your volunteer interests? We made a chart to help you figure that out!

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.