(CEI, UROP, or MURI)

The CEI program focuses on supporting IU Indianapolis undergraduate students under the supervision of skilled faculty and staff mentors. Interns will be placed in supportive environments in which faculty are tackling projects that address social issues, tap into community strengths, and expand civic knowledge. 

The program allows faculty and staff members to expand and achieve the goals of their community engaged work while providing students with a stronger sense of belonging, an improved civic identity, knowledge of community collaboration, and valuable mentoring experiences that will prepare them for their future careers. 

UROP provides funding support for undergraduate students to work with a mentor on real-world problems to gain research and scholarly skills that can be applied to their college coursework and future careers. In this program, students will acquire research skills (e.g., literature review, research methodology, data collection, and analysis), learn about ethics in research and writing, and improve their oral communication skills.

UROP projects involve one student and one mentor. Projects should provide an opportunity to engage in a substantive research experience focused on a significant research problem. Projects from all disciplines are most welcome, including science, informatic, math, the social sciences; the arts and humanities; and social, environmental, and public policy. 

MURI facilitates the creation and support of multidisciplinary research teams consisting of undergraduate students, graduate students, post-docs, senior staff, and faculty. These teams provide undergraduate students with a unique opportunity to work with mentors on real-world problems to gain research skills that can be applied to their college coursework and future careers. In this program, students acquire research skills (e.g., literature review, research methodology, data collection and analysis), learn about ethics in research and scientific writing, and improve their oral communication skills.

MURI projects should represent two or more disciplines and should offer undergraduate students the opportunity to engage in a substantive research experience focused on a significant research problem. Projects from all disciplines are most welcome, including science, informatic, math, the social sciences; the arts and humanities; and social, environmental, and public policy.

The Institute for Engaged Learning promotes and supports the equitable progression of undergraduates through pathways of connected and scaffolded curricular and co-curricular, applied, integrative, and experiential learning opportunities that prepare students for lives of commitment and success with skills to communicate, innovate, and engage in local and global communities to address 21st century problems.

The institute is comprised of units and centers that work together to support faculty, staff, and students in these efforts, including:

• Community Engagement Internship program

• Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

• Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Institute

• First-Year Experience programs

• ePortfolio/Portfolio Initiative and The Portfolio Studio

The institute seeks partnerships with other units offering engaged learning experiences in the campus wide effort to ensure that all undergraduate students participate in at least four scaffolded, high-impact engaged learning experiences by the time they graduate.

The IEL office is located in Hine Hall suite 243.