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Ideas for the Common Good: Dickinson's Civic Innovation Competition

The pandemic has significantly changed the ways K-12 students learn, connect and gain support this fall. There's still time to enter your ideas to help local students thrive.

CAI interns meet virtually with CCLA Director Gary Kirk (second row, second from left). Meetings and shared online documents keep everyone connected an on track.

Podcast: Civic Action Internships

The Center for Civic Learning and Action launched a new internship program designed to match Dickinson student expertise with community needs.

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A City With a Conscience

President Margee Ensign highlights the important work of the Carlisle Community Action Network, particularly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Summer Program for Youth Campers and staff practice proper social distancing during morning session.

Dickinson, Community Action Network Help Local Day Camp Cope With COVID-19 Challenges

Dickinson College and the Community Action Network (CAN) recently helped a local summer day camp provide academic enrichment and childcare for more than 70 local first- through third-graders.

Community Action Intern Julie Siecinski ’21 helped rebrand a community resource, researched nonprofit bylaws, edited educational videos and researched a grant. “It’s an incredibly rewarding experience,” she says.

Dickinson College Students Build Skills, Give Back Through Social-distance Internships

The new Civic Action Internship program unlocks professional skills for the COVID-19 era. It also empowers students to lend a hand in the Carlisle community when help is needed most.

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Carlisle’s Community Action Network and Dickinson Leaders Honored for Service During Pandemic

Carlisle’s Community Action Network (CAN), and two Dickinson leaders were lauded by the PA Humanities Council for remarkable community service during the pandemic.

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Dickinson College Student Gives Back as Volunteer Firefighter During Pandemic

Matthew Kness ’21 serves as a volunteer firefighter in New York during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Dickinson College Launches COVID-19 Resources Portal

Dickinson's Center for Civic Learning & Action launches an online COVID-19 resource portal to help local community members.

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Dickinson College Creates COVID-19 Help Website for Community

Dickinson’s Center for Civic Learning & Action has created a website with one-stop-shop information for community members and organizations seeking assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Dickinson College Students Help Local Small Businesses Weather COVID-19 Shutdown

As businesses close their doors during the COVID-19 pandemic, computer-science majors are helping Carlisle's vulnerable small businesses by developing websites for online sales.

Bob Weed '80 speaks with student volunteers at the Project SHARE food bank. Photo by Joe O'Neill.

Dickinson Alumnus Leads Local Efforts to Feed Food-insecure Families Amid COVID-19 Emergency

As the COVID-19 pandemic unspools, Bob Weed '80, CEO of the Project SHARE food bank, helps to meet increasing demands amid formidable challenges

The Dickinson College men's lacrosse team takes a moment from their work to take a group picture during a service trip to West Virginia.

Service Trips Provide Students with Firsthand Civic Engagement Experience

Each year, hundreds of Dickinsonians embark on service trips to communities near and far. This year, two student groups traveled to West Virginia and Tennessee to lend their helping hands.

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Leader of Service Trips & More

For Ken Bamba '20, making a difference in people's lives has become a way of life.

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Dickinson College Earns Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

The honor from the Carnegie Foundation recognizes the college’s commitment to collaboration with community partners.

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Dickinson College to Host President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities

Lynn Pasquerella, president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, will discuss civic engagement and American educational institutions in a lecture at Dickinson.

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