Office of Global and Community-Engaged Learning
The Office of Global and Community-Engaged Learning connects academic courses with local and global community partners to enhance academic learning, meet community-identified needs, and foster civic perspectives through engagement and reflection.
Use Creighton Engage to browse community partners and opportunities to serve.
Learn how to use Creighton Engage as an event registrant or event creator through the Creighton Bridge course.
Faculty Resources & Support
- Assist faculty with service-learning course development
- Assist faculty with re-design of traditional courses into service-learning courses
- Suggest relevant and appropriate community service sites for service-learning courses
- Facilitate campus/community partnerships with community service organizations
- Present to classes about community-engaged learning (orientations)
- Support tracking of service hours through Creighton Engage
- Facilitate student reflection on service experiences (in-class, “virtual class”, workshops)
- Assist faculty with post-course evaluation
Community Partnerships
Partnering with Creighton to support one or more of our academic service learning classes offers community-based organizations the opportunity to draw on the talents, time, and knowledge of Creighton students and faculty.
Rooted in the concepts of mutuality and collaboration, community partners act as co-educators for our students, sharing your knowledge of complex social issues with them and mentoring them in the kind of world-changing work that you do. This mutuality and collaboration it is at the core of how Creighton seeks to structure our academic service learning partnerships.
What to expect from Community-Engaged Learning
A community-engaged partnership is generally characterized by the following:
- Creighton students serve with partner organizations up to 40 hours over an approximate 10-15 week period in spring, summer or fall semesters.
- Creighton students serve with a variety of nonprofit and/or public organizations, with a special emphasis on those organizations which embody a preferential option for the poor and vulnerable.
- Student service can take several forms.
- Student service must be connected to the academic content of the class.
- Student service is aligned with the academic learning goals of the class in order to facilitate deeper, richer learning.
- Academic service learning should advance student learning and your organization's priorities.
Mission
The Office of Global and Community-Engaged Learning connects academic courses with community partners to enhance academic learning, meet community-identified needs, and foster global perspectives through engagement and reflection.
Our vision is to create a campus culture that integrates teaching and learning through a commitment to service, civic engagement and positive social change which is highly valued, practiced, assessed, and recognized.
Contact Us
Annabelle Abisset, MPA
Program Manager - Global and Community-Engaged Learning
Creighton Hall 324
402.280.4187
OGCEL@creighton.edu
For local volunteer service opportunities, contact the Schlegel Center for Service and Justice.
