CCE Global and Intercultural Programs
The Center for Community Engagement (CCE) prepares students for lives of meaning and impact through local, domestic, and global community connections. Our 40+ experiential learning programs work to strengthen these communities and contribute to the public good. These programs include programs that focus on student civic leadership development, academic community connections, and global and intercultural competency.
CCE staff host and lead several intercultural and global programs throughout the academic year and summer. These programs support students to strengthen their civic identities, cultivate civic knowledge, and build civic skills—while engaging with diverse communities to understand others and create a more inclusive, equitable, and peaceful world.
Language in Motion
Language in Motion is a Center for Community Engagement program during the academic year that connects Middlebury international, study abroad, and upper level language students with Addison County elementary, middle, and high school teachers, students, and classrooms. Middlebury students collaborate with teachers to develop and deliver lessons in the classroom that promote global awareness, intercultural competence, and language acquisition. Visit the Language in Motion website to learn more.
History in Translation
History in Translation is a summer experiential learning program of the Center for Community Engagement. Students from diverse linguistic, cultural, and educational contexts gather as a cohort for a 10-14 day trip and exploration of an historical experience or event in service of present-day social justice—and the vision of an equitable and inclusive future. Read more about History in Translation.
Summer 2024 Program
In summer 2024, History in Translation is collaborating with Jiran, a summer language program that pairs language students with underserved newcomer families. The 2024 program will focus on college, work, and career aspirations and opportunities for recently arrived refugee and immigrant high school students in and around New Britain, Connecticut.
Community Engagement at the Language Schools
Community Engagement at the Language Schools (CE@LS) is a cohort-based internship opportunity for bilingual Middlebury undergraduates to collaborate with a Middlebury Language School. CE@LS interns work with a Language School and community organizations to facilitate local and global community-connected projects in a language-immersive environment. Read more about CE@LS.
Japan Summer Service Learning
Japan Summer Service Learning (JSSL) is a collaborative, intercultural summer service-learning program that brings together undergraduates from Middlebury, International Christian University in Mitaka, Japan, and multiple member universities of the Service-Learning Asia Network. Students gather as a cohort in Japan to collaborate on a service-learning project, such as classroom programming in elementary schools or working with community farms. Learn more about the JSSL program. JSSL will not be running in 2024 but hopes to return for the summer of 2025!
Cross-Cultural Community Engagement Grants
The Cross-Cultural Community Engagement Fund supports service-learning and community-building internships and/or related volunteer service opportunities for undergraduate students in international settings, or in communities that are not the students’ own. For an experience to be eligible for funding, it must address intercultural learning, benefit the public good, and be in collaboration with a community partner. Read more about our Cross-Cultural Community Engagement grants.
Projects for Peace
Projects for Peace is a global program hosted by the Center for Community Engagement that partners with educational institutions to identify and support young peacebuilders. Projects for Peace grants $1.25 million annually to students who are developing innovative, community-centered, and scalable responses to the world’s most pressing issues. Visit the Projects for Peace website to learn more about the grants, browse the resource reading room, and read about previous projects.
