Civic Education Project :: Field Experience

Several times each week, students travel to dynamic urban neighborhoods to engage in service-learning projects with respected local community organizations, meet with key community leaders and visit important institutions

Several times each week, students travel to dynamic urban neighborhoods to engage in service-learning projects with reputable local community organizations, meet with key community leaders and visit important institutions.

To ensure the safety of our participants, our staff and our community partners collaborate to provide appropriate orientation, preparation and supervision for all field experiences. (For more on these precautions, see Safety & Conduct.)

Service projects are varied, and allow meaningful opportunities for students to contribute to local organizations while learning from clients, staff and community residents. Civic Leadership Institute participants may:

prepare and serve meals at a soup kitchen
read to children at a day care center
work in an urban garden.

Through these experiences, students gain perspective into the complex factors operating in urban neighborhoods, the issues that influence people's lives and the individuals and organizations that are making a difference.

Students are also exposed to the tremendous assets of a metropolitan area through meetings with community stakeholders. Students typically meet with political and business leaders, visit key institutions such as civic organizations, schools and newspapers and tour significant cultural and historical sites.

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