Engaged College Initiative
Through the Engaged College Initiative, the Einhorn Center collaborates with undergraduate colleges and schools that want to make community-engaged learning (CEL) a central part of their curricular, co-curricular and research programs. Each collaboration is co-designed by the Einhorn Center and stakeholders across the college. Using a wealth of institutional CEL data and expert insights from the Einhorn Center and college teams, the partnerships are customized to build on each college’s unique strengths and priorities.
Through the initiative, the Einhorn Center provides three-year foundational block grants, consultations and training — with the ultimate goal of building a long-term collaborative relationship that advances and sustains CEL within the college.
The College of Architecture, Art and Planning is supporting new and existing opportunities for undergraduate students to work directly with faculty on engaged research, design initiatives and creative work. To support this effort, the college has formed an Engaged AAP Advisory Committee with members representing faculty in each of the three departments.
To learn more:
- Visit AAP Engaged College Initiative webpage, or
- contact Sydney Boyd, AAP’s program manager for strategic initiatives
CHE is expanding and supporting coursework providing community-engaged learning opportunities as well as community-engaged projects for students outside the classroom and is increasing opportunities for students to collaborate with faculty on engaged research.
To learn more:
- Visit the CHE Engaged College Initiative webpage, or
- Contact college representative Kristen Elmore, director of Program for Research on Youth Development and Engagement, Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research
The Cornell SC Johnson College of Business has formed an Engaged College Advisory Committee to steward the initiative and build on established curricular and co-curricular CEL activities across its three schools.
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The Brooks School is partnering with the Einhorn Center through the Engaged College Initiative to institutionalize, strengthen and expand Brooks’ ongoing engagement efforts by connecting the work being done in the policy school with the larger infrastructure of support that the Einhorn Center facilitates and amplifies through the Engaged College network.
The ILR School is expanding on its longstanding commitment to improving the lives of workers and advancing progressive outcomes for communities, unions and organizations, nationally and globally. The centerpiece of this new initiative is the creation of ILR’s Office of Engaged and Experiential Programs, which will provide coordination, support and guidance for the multiplicity of engaged programs offered across ILR’s Residential and Outreach divisions.
To learn more:
- Visit the Office of Engaged and Experiential Programs webpage, or
- Contact college representative Brigid Beachler, director, ILR Office of Engaged and Experiential Programs
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Each college voluntarily opts into the initiative and is added in phases, beginning with a partnership agreement between the Einhorn Center and the college dean. To learn more about the engaged college initiative, email Richard Kiely.