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By supporting the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning your gift  helps us to provide training and opportunities for students to learn public skills, learn and serve in the community, create public projects, and encounter transformative life experiences.  We are committed to developing active citizens as described in our student learning outcomes

DU Community Garden Summer 2009Your donation will support students like Ben Waldman who built an organic community garden that sustains students and community members with safe, fresh produce, and builds bridges across community divides. Or Gergana Agirova, a piano performance major, who developed a musical instrument teaching and mentorship program for immigrant and refugee children, a project based on her own experience and cultural transition of coming to the U.S. from Bulgaria for college. 

To learn more about what our students are doing in the community please visit the CCESL Public Work Portfolio.

Join us in educating, engaging and equiping our future leaders to accomplish tangible, public work that improves the lives of people in our communities.  You can make a secure online contribution to the Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning by clicking here, or for other ways to give please contact University Advancement at 303.871.2311. Your gift is 100% tax deductible

Our Current Supporters:  

The Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning would like to thank our generous supporters for all that they do to support our mission and work in Denver and around the globe.

Morgridge Family Foundation

Puksta Foundation

Campus Compact 

AmeriCorps

Charla Agnoletti

DU Student

Our mission with the Engaged Community Initiative is to engage the student population at DU with meaningful community work that motivates individuals to acknowledge themselves as the creators and sustainers of a strong, vibrant community.

DJ Close

DU Student and Puksta Scholar

By educating students about the differences between volunteering and service learning, I hope to create sustainable community relationships between Greek organizations and the Denver community.

 

Anne DePrince

Anne DePrince

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

In 2005, I received a Public Good Grant that allowed me to continue research and partnership-building efforts.  My research depends on strong community partnerships; in that context, I have been involved in discussions at CCESL about engaged scholarship."