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​CRITERIA

            Meaningful Service
  • The Service: CEL project work will meet an identified community need through capacity-building and/or client support (direct service) that builds on clients’ identified strengths. Students devote between 15 and 40 hours/semester.
 
  • The Partners: Community partners (CPs) will be schools, non-profits or small businesses, ideally located in the city of Rochester. Focus will be on meeting needs regarding health care, education and youth, the environment, poverty, ageing, and global issues.
 
  • The Outcomes:  CEL will result in meaningful partnerships between the college and community for mutual benefit.
       Meaningful Implementation
  • Role of the Institute: The Institute for Civic and Community Engagement will provide consultation, training, project management (Project Plan) and assessment to accomplish mutually beneficial goals.
 
  • Role of Partner: CEL community partners will participate in pre-semester planning and provide orientation, project oversight, feedback, and final project evaluation.
 
  • Role of Faculty: CEL faculty will participate in pre-semester planning and provide academic and project support. Grades are for achievement of learning goals.  
           Meaningful Learning
  • The Learning: CEL project work will meet identified academic goals with course assignments and reflection facilitating the connection between the CEL and academic content. When applicable, learning will focus on root causes, bias, inequity, and social justice.
 
  • The Courses: Community-engaged learning is offered across the disciplines, in all five Schools at the College (Arts and Sciences, Education, Pharmacy, Nursing, and Business), and in required, Core, and elective courses.  
 
  • The Outcomes:  CEL will result in enhanced academic knowledge, broadened worldview, and commitment to become active citizens. 

BENEFITS OF COMMUNITY-ENGAGED LEARNING

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​    Community Benefits
​Addresses real community needs, builds mutually beneficial relationships between Fisher and the community, and keeps Fisher students contributing to the Rochester community.​

Community Partners noted that CEL met the needs of their organization.

  • “The students opened our eyes to New Social Media platforms that we were unaware of to make our services more easily accessible”
  • Client Support Community Partners indicated the CEL was essential to their organization.
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          Faculty Benefits
​Provides enhancement of faculty development in teaching, research, professional recognition, interdisciplinary and collaborative learning, and community-faculty partnerships.

Faculty stated that their CEL added meaning to the course and that utilizing CEL added understanding of course material from class sessions and readings.

  • “CEL provides context for what the students are learning in class and the relationships they build help students empathize with elders and see the value of what they are learning”
  • “CEL aided in expanding my expertise which is in educating people not only in nutrition, but in nutritional needs of our community as well. Interactions with Foodlink has allowed me an opportunity to increase my awareness of local food education needs”
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          Student Benefits
Enhances meaningfulness of learning, professional, personal and academic skills, course performance, civic responsibility, and understanding of social and multicultural issues.

Students indicated that through CEL they gained knowledge, skills, or awareness that has added meaning and understanding to this course.

  • “The fact that the project had a definitive real-world application in my chosen field of study is invaluable. This application helped me to solidify my understanding of how to apply these concepts to future projects.
  • ​“It was helpful to work in the real world”