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Fall 2012 - Issue 14 (pdf)

  • Director's Note
  • New Public Achievement Curriculum
  • 3rd Annual CCESL Open House
  • New Puksta Scholars
  • Interested in Tutoring or Mentoring
  • CCESL Hosts Collaborative Dialogue
  • CCESL Grant to Expand Local Mentoring Program
  • Mini Grant Funds Geo Info Science Urban Concepts
  • CCESL Staff Member Selected as CGI Volunteer
  • AmeriCorps Opportunities for DU Students
  • CE Corps Member Elected to Student Government
  • Global Community-Engaged Learning: News from Bosnia
  • My Experience in Compact Service Corps AmeriCorps
  • CCESL Mini Grant Funds Social research in Mozambique
  • DU Service & Change Student Organization Launches
  • Engaged Faulty Workshop
  • Did You Know
  • Staff Updates
  • DUSC School Supply Drive

Summer 2012 - Issue 13 (pdf)

  • Public Achievement Project Stories 2012
  • $100,000 in Public Good Funds Distributed to DU Faculty
  • CCESL Releases 2012-2013 Public Good RFP
  • Knoebel Hospitality Students Mentor Refugees
  • Tree Planting Project at Bluff Lake Nature Center
  • Keep Up With CCESL Using Social Media
  • Puksta Passage Celebrates 10th Anniversary
  • Doctoral Student Receives EPA Fellowship for CCESL Supported Work
  • Women's College Offers Bachelor's Degree in IT Studies
  • CCESL Pioneer Awardees
  • Service Learning in the First-Year Writing Sequence
  • CCESL Mini-Grant Funds Jamboree SCORES Event
  • Faculty Alert: Why Activity Insight Matters for CCESL
  • CCESL Faculty in the News
  • CCESL is Hiring!
  • Dr. Pernessa Seele Public Talk
  • DU Social Justice Film Event

Spring 2012 - Issue 12 (pdf)

  • DU on President's Community Service Honor Role
  • CCESL Video Project
  • Kimmy Foundation Awards New Endowment to DU
  • Service Learning Webinar
  • Puksta Scholar Selected as PeaceJam Mentor
  • CO PA Coach Conference Success
  • Puksta Scholar Presents at Dyslexia Conference
  • DU's 11th Annual Diversity Summit
  • Intercultural Global Studies Minor
  • DU Professor's Work Featured in NY Times
  • Tree Planting at Bluff Lake
  • Saying Goodbye
  • Faculty Member Attends Conference with SL Mini Grant
  • Puksta Scholar Emcees at National SL Conference

Winter 2012 - Issue 11 (pdf)

  • Public Good Fund Call for Proposals
  • 2011 Community Organizing Training
  • National Dialogue to Support Federal Policy Development
  • Colorado Public Achievement Coach Conference
  • Call for Puksta Scholars Applications
  • CCESL Director Awarded Scholarship of Engagement Grant
  • Institutionalization of Engaged Scholarship in CO  
  • New Staff Introductions
  • Saying Goodbye
  • Campus Partners: University Advancement
  • Community Engaged Learning Initiatives
  • AmeriCorps Grants Fund Student Opportunities
  • PA Coach Selected as Conference MC

Fall 2011 - Issue 10 (pdf)

  • Community Organizing: Agitating for Social Justice and Community Engagement
  • Compact Service Corps AmeriCorps
  • Puksta Scholar named DU Diversity Enrollment Fellow
  • Introduction to Cara DiEnno, Associate Director
  • Ten Year Anniversary of Puksta Scholars Program
  • Geography professor and engineering students cook up green stove design for Guatemala
  • Community Partner Spotlight: Convergence Project
  • DU Recognized on the 2010 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

Spring 2011 - Issue 9 (pdf)

  • Faculty Perspective on the Service Learning Associate Program
  • Student Reflections on the SLA Program
  • Become an SLA: Call for Applications
  • Puksta Scholar Testifies for Access Bill
  • Engaged Scholars Visit DU
  • Digital Storytelling for Social Justice Screening
  • Student Voices Needed! Student Engagement Survey
  • CCESL Department Award Winners
  • AmeriCorps Students Selected for Clinton Global Initiative
  • CCESL Staff Achievements and Updates and
  • Upcoming Events

Winter 2011-Issue 8 (pdf)

  • Director's Note: Anne DePrince
  • Graduate Students and Public Good Work: Anthropology
  • Community Conference: Activate2Day, April 1-2, 2011
  • Public Good Fund Updates
  • Public Good RFP Winter/ Spring 2011 now available!
  • Impact of the Public Good Fund Ripples Out
  • Save the Date: CCESL Open House March 24, 2011
  • Service Learning Updates
  • CCESL Staff Achievements and Updates
  • Upcoming Events

Spring 2010 - Issue 7 (pdf)

  • Director's Note: Service Learning and Transition from College
  • Public Good Interview: Adreinne Russell on public good research through interviewing activist media groups
  • Public Good Student Project of the Quarter: Russell Takeall and the Social Identity Collective
  • Service Learning Course Spotlight: Lelah Mehran and Chris Coleman from the Departments of Art, Art History, Media, and Journalism Studies team teach three community engaged learning courses.
  • Community Learning Opportunities for DU Faculty
  • Teaching a Service Learning Course? Ask about the SLA program
  • Support Student Community Based Research and Public Work

Winter 2010 - Issue 6 (pdf)

  • Director's Note: Opportunities for Social Justice
  • Public Good Interview: Eugene Walls on the Colorado Anti-Violence Project
  • Public Good Student Project of the Quarter: Teresa Dokey educating youth about various cultures through foreign film
  • Service Learning Course Spotlight: David Ciepley "Living off the Grid"
  • Service Learning Associates (SLA) puts students and faculty into working relationships

Fall 2009 - Issue 5 (pdf)

  • Director's Note: Building Things
  • Faculty Interview: Don Stedman, Professor Chemistry and Biology on air pollution
  • Public Good Student Project of the Quarter: Ben Waldman creates a sustainable Campus-Community Garden
  • Service Learning Course Spotlight: Hava Gordon, "Youth Cultures: Inequality, Resistance and Empowerment"

Spring 2009 - Issue 4 (pdf)

  • Director's Note: What is a Civic Professional?
  • Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Bonnie Clark Works with Students and the Local Community on Anthropology Research at the WWII Amache Relocation Camp in Granada, CO
  • Service Learning Suite of Opportunities for Faculty Members in 2009-2010
  • Conference Announcements

Winter 2009 - Issue 3 (pdf)

  • Director's Note: New CCESL Visual Identity a Message of Passion and Focus
  • Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Anne DePrince's Student Learn Psycholgy Research Methods by Using Them in a Community Setting to Address the Needs of Community Partners
  • 2009 Public Good Fund Recipients Announced
  • Public Good Fellows Program Seeking Applicants
  • Morgridge Family Foundation Funds New Student Civic Engagement Programs
  • Join Us on a CCESL Volunteer Service Day
  • Conference Announcements

Fall 2008 - Issue 2 (pdf)

  • Director's Note: How Do We Engage With Publics Outside the University?
  • Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Tom Knecht's Students Learn about American Public Opinion by Designing and Implementing Surveys that Address Community Partner Needs
  • Announcements: 2008-2009 Public Good Fund Request for Proposals - Deadline: Dec 11, 2008; Public Good Fellows - Deadline: April 2, 2009

Spring 2008 - Issue 1 (pdf)

  • Director's Note: Public Good Newsletter Addresses Faculty Interest in Community-Based Learning and Public Good Scholarship
  • Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Kate Willink's Graduate Course on Immigration and Intercultural Communication Uses Community-Based Research to Start Dialogue  around Resistance and Support for the El Centro Humanitario Community Center in Aurora
  • Announcements: Public Good Celebration - April 3, 5-7:40pm; Public Good Lecture - April 4, 11:30-1:30; Public Good Fund Proposal Prep Session - May 19, 4-6pm; Service Learning Pods
Anita Spotlight

Anita Spotlight

Reflects on Public Achivement (PA) on Blog

The goal [of PA] is to create a space for students to discover their power to create tangible change in their community. That includes open discussions about social justice issues like privilege and oppression, as well as certain key activities like one-to-ones, "world as it is/world as it should be", "world cafes" and others from the PA handbook

Manuel Del Real

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

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.