Welcome to Academic Civic Engagement. We are a resource for faculty to utilize service and civic involvement in their teaching and research and for students in courses with a service component.
Service-Learning is defined as a collaborative teaching and learning strategy designed to promote academic enhancement, personal growth and civic learning. During the COVID-19 crisis, we can continue in service-learning, albeit in different forms. Faculty and students are encouraged to consider Minnesota Campus Compact's Social Change Wheel, seen above. This tool reminds us that service can take many forms, particularly in unusual times like these. Whereas we might normally improve the community via charitable volunteerism, the Social Change Wheel invites us to consider, for example, helping our elderly neighbors (mutual aid), organizing a virtutal meet-up (community building), calling our elected representatives (voting & formal political activities), and so on.