Our Community Engaged Fellows-Fellowship Program is for students who wish to make a year or more commitment to building relationships with specific community partners, advocating and representing community engagement on and off campus, supporting service-learning/community-engagement programming, and capacity building with partners. Fellowships are developed around community interests as well as students’ personal and career goals.
Have taken at least one SL course
Be a Social Justice Major or declare the CASC or LALS Minor
Attend and engage in training, education, and reflection multiple times a semester
Maintain good academic standing
Log Hours and Document CE experience on GivePulse
Declare the Community Action and Social Change CASC) or Latin American & Latino Studies (LALS) minor or be a Social Justice Major
Attend and engage in training, education, and reflection multiple times a semester
Create cohesion and deepen community partnership (usually with specific community partner). Time commitment is roughly 2 hours a week (depends on partnership, fellow role).
Speaker Pool: Facilitate SL Orientation, SL Symposium, Classroom visits etc.
Community Building and Outreach on Campus (recruit for SL classes, CASC/LALS minor, SJ major, increase understanding and dispel myths about community engagement)
EDJE Office hours: have weekly office hours (if applicable) - help other students with GivePulse and connection making, social media support, event planning.
Cultivate Social Justice Club--trainings, outreach etc.
Cultivate interpersonal, collaborative, and leadership skills
Community of peers passionate about community and social justice
Staff, faculty, and community partner mentorship
Resumé, reference building (internships, grad school, public service, Peace Corps, jobs)
Participation in conferences (if applicable)
Networking opportunities
Financial support