We have developed the Community Engagement Essentials training that faculty and staff can adopt and use as a course assignment, job training, or volunteer activity to help prepare students for engagement in a mutually beneficial experience with a community partner. The training is structured around the “What? So What? Now What?” reflection framework and includes community engagement definitions and approaches, understanding issues and the agencies working to address them in our community, and personal reflection and goal development.
These modules have been shared to the Canvas Commons, which means that anyone with a UNCW account can access the content and import it into their course. For instructions about how to import, please check out this link. The course you will search for is “DEV-Community Engagement Essentials.”
If you are interested in bringing an in-person workshop into your course/training, we also facilitate sessions on a variety of topics, including Civically Engaged Leadership, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and ways to get meaningfully involved in the community. For more information, please contact Jaime L. Russell, Ed.D., Director of Student Community Engagement, at russelljl@uncw.edu.