The Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning (CCESL) works with community partners in various ways. We believe
that building relationships is the best way to develop community partnerships and to do quality public work. Addressing community-identified
needs and DU scholarship needs through respectful community engagement must be balanced in partnership. To see some examples
of how we work with community partners, visit our Public Work Portfolio.
The majority of our programs and community-based work is in the Denver Metro Area. However, Immersion Programs travel across
the United States and around the globe.
In order to meet the needs of the Denver community and DU faculty, staff and students in meaningful and innovative ways we
focus on public good work and engaged scholarship through:
If your organization would like to work with DU students directly:
Volunteers: Recruit DU students for short-term commitments and one-time events.
Interns and Employees: How to recruit DU students for internships and employment opportunities.
Manuel Del Real
DU Student, Class of 2009 and 2011
Every time I look at the murals, it gives me great pride as an alumnus to be able to see students make a change...Being a coach has also helped me realize I am the mentor that I used to look up to.
Hava Gordon
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology
Last year, I taught a Service Learning FSEM: "Youth Cultures: Inequality, Resistance, and Empowerment." This was the first time teaching my FSEM as a service learning class, and it was an amazing experience. With the help of my wonderful Service Learning Associate, Cameron Lewis, our class partnered with "The Spot" youth center and Rainbow Alley. Both organizations work to empower teens by providing a safe and creative space for low-income, homeless, and LGBTQ youth. FSEM students joined outreach workers at The Spot on night walks around the city, distributing needed items to homeless youth. Students also participated in consciousness-raising workshops at Rainbow Alley, connecting with Rainbow Alley youth through these workshops."
Emelyne Neff
Coach at Bruce Randolph School
PA is a chance to live outside the DU bubble and to build strong, powerful relationships with young people thirsting for truth, justice and freedom...I can't get enough of if it. The changes on an individual and group level are tangible and beautiful. I feel like I'm making a difference and am the recipient of change as much as an agent of change.
