The Engagement Scholarship Consortium is providing financial support that helps facilitate positive outcomes for both scholars and communities through the Engaged Scholarship Research/Creative Activities Grants Program for Faculty. Faculty at ESC Member Institutions may apply for up to $5,000 to fund a one-year project. Applications are due May 9, 2022. For more information and to apply, please click on Read More below.
Asuncion Arnedo's Spanish for the Health Professions class includes a service-learning component with the Keystone Health Center. Healthy packages, with toothbrushes and band-aids among other things, were prepared for distribution to local migrant workers in Franklin, Adams, and Cumberland county. Dickinson students met with migrant workers to provide the packages, register them with the Keystone Health Center, and assist with interpreting during appointments. Learn more about this unique Dickinson experience.
Espoir DelMain '21 is the Center for Civic Learning & Action's 2020-21 Carlisle Borough Student Ambassador for Dickinson College. The Student Ambassador works closely with the Carlisle Borough Manager to learn about the history and structures of the Borough government. Read more about Espoir's experience so far!
The Center for Civic Learning and Action (CCLA) held its first Civic Innovation Competition on Sunday, September 6, awarding the music education group Composed: Make Music Any Way! the winning title.
Our summer Community Action Internship (CAI) program provided social-distance-friendly internships to Dickinson students to empower them to build new professional skills and contacts from the safety of home, while also making a difference in the local community when help is needed most.
The mission of the Center for Civic Learning & Action (CCLA) is to develop ethical civic leaders who collaborate in the pursuit of just and resilient communities.
