• Non-Credit Canvas Course (added manually by coordinator)
• Meet with Peer Leader at least TWICE a semester
• Complete e-Portfolio
• Attend and Present at Spring Showcase
• Attend the Civic Leadership Conference
• Graduate with a 3.0 Grade Point Average (GPA)
• Complete 300 hours of Engagement (see table 1)
  • Community Engaged Learning Courses
  • Community Engagement Hours

Table 1

Benefits:

• Special Distinction for transcript
• Designation at Graduation with blue honors cord
• Front row placement during commencement
• A letter from the President for graduating with CES
• E-Portfolio with Civic Engagement material

• Civic Leadership Conference
  • Saturday, March 16th 2024, University of Utah, Time; 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

•  Spring Showcase 

  • Friday, April 26th, 2024, 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
    Miller Campus – MPDC Rm. 209/213

Register Here

• Graduation Information
  • Commencement, Friday May 3rd, 2024, Maverick Center for more information follow the link.

The Six Pathways are:

• Community Engaged Learning and Research: Connecting coursework and academic research to community-identified concerns to enrich knowledge and inform action on social issues.
• Community Organizing and Activism: Involving, educating, and mobilizing individual or collective action to influence or persuade others.
• Direct Service: Working to address the immediate needs of individuals or a community, often involving contact with the people or places being served.
• Philanthropy: Donating or using private funds or charitable contributions from individuals or institutions to contribute to the public good.
• Policy and Governance: Participating in political processes, policymaking, and public governance.
• Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility: Using ethical business or private sector approaches to create or expand market-oriented responses to social or environmental problems.
  
  

The purpose of Civically Engaged Scholars is to develop, implement, and foster civic and community engagement; nourishing mutual transformative relationships between community organizations and members with SLCC, both as a community and as an institution, will bring equity and justice into the lives of many.

The vision of Civically Engaged Scholars is to prepare students for a life of engagement with systems, institutions, and community partners; thus, assisting communities to achieve liberation and self-determination by providing foundational knowledge to approaches and tools of civic engagement.