Welcome to the Center for Civic Engagement & Social Impact (CCESI)! If you’re interested in community service, volunteering, service-learning, social advocacy, voting, and other meaningful ways to make a positive impact in your local, national, and global communities, you’ve come to the right place. From hunger and homelessness to educational inequities, our programs and services – including the WCU Resource Pantry – provide students with a wide range of impactful opportunities to learn about and address issues of public concern. Through our mutually beneficial partnerships with community-based organizations, we strive to equip all students with the knowledge and skills to participate effectively in democratic life as agents of positive social change.
Please explore our website for opportunities, programs, and services specific to students, faculty, community partners, and the WCU Resource Pantry. If you are unable to find what you’re looking for here, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our team directly!
Announcements and Upcoming Events
- We changed our name! It is with much excitement that the Office of Service-Learning & Volunteer Programs (OSLVP) share with the campus community that we have officially changed our office name to the Center for Civic Engagement & Social Impact (CCESI). The name change was motivated and informed by feedback provided to us from students, faculty, staff, administration, and our community partners. Collaborative reflection, deliberation, and benchmarking led us to selecting a name that better reflects our mission, while more fully capturing the scope of our programs and services.
- Volunteering amid COVID-19. Due to the spread of COVID-19, CCESI encourages students to seek remote or virtual volunteer opportunities. Learn more about where and how you can support communities through remote or virtual modalities.
Achievements
President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
"The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, launched in 2006,
annually highlights the role colleges and universities play in solving community problems
and placing more students on a lifelong path of civic engagement by recognizing institutions
that achieve meaningful, measurable outcomes in the communities they serve."
The Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement Classification for Curricular Engagement and Outreach and Partnerships
West Chester University is part of 3% of colleges and universities nationwide that
have received this award. The award honors our institutional focus on community engagement
and exemplary exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and
reciprocity with local communities.
(http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/initiatives/honorroll.asp, 10/24/12)
Achievements
President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
"The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, launched in 2006,
annually highlights the role colleges and universities play in solving community problems
and placing more students on a lifelong path of civic engagement by recognizing institutions
that achieve meaningful, measurable outcomes in the communities they serve."
The Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement Classification for Curricular Engagement and Outreach and Partnerships
West Chester University is part of 3% of colleges and universities nationwide that
have received this award. The award honors our institutional focus on community engagement
and exemplary exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and
reciprocity with local communities.
(http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/initiatives/honorroll.asp, 10/24/12)