The Center for Community Engagement COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Center for Community Engagement's Patrick J. Durkin, Class of 1979, Public Service Leadership Awards

The Patrick J. Durkin, Class of 1979, Public Service Leadership Awards honor students’ service and leadership in public and community affairs. The Center for Community Engagement will celebrate the 28th Annual Public Service Leadership Awards on April 28, 2021 from 7:00-8:30 p.m.. At the remote award ceremony, we will honor awardees and they will be able to make a donation to the non-profit of their choice. Register to attend the event at go.middlebury.edu/psla

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Open to the Public

AmeriCorps Panel

Interested in joining a large network of service programs meeting community needs in education, the environment, and public health and safety all over the country? Join the Center for Community Engagement to learn about AmeriCorps. This panel will host recent Middlebury graduates to share what AmeriCorps is, the kinds of service programs you can serve in, and how AmeriCorps can help you gain experience. Come hear from current AmeriCorps members who are serving at various sites across Vermont about their experience!

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Closed to the Public

Liberal Arts and the Public Good: Public Scholarship at Middlebury: Community Connections within the Academic Curriculum

Through immersive learning within and outside of the classroom, Middlebury students and faculty work to contribute to local and global communities. This event series will feature stories from and conversations with Middlebury College undergraduates and faculty members who have unique perspectives on engaging in community during the pandemic.

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Open to the Public

Liberal Arts and the Public Good: Student Perspectives On Building Community Across Distance

Through immersive learning within and outside of the classroom, Middlebury students and faculty work to contribute to local and global communities. This event series will feature stories from and conversations with Middlebury College undergraduates and faculty members who have unique perspectives on engaging in community during the pandemic.

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Open to the Public

Liberal Arts and the Public Good: Community Engagement at Middlebury During COVID

Through immersive learning within and outside of the classroom, Middlebury students and faculty work to contribute to local and global communities. This event series will feature stories from and conversations with Middlebury College undergraduates and faculty members who have unique perspectives on engaging in community during the pandemic.

Three current students will share how they are engaged in experiential learning across cultural and geographic boundaries through course projects, volunteer service, and student-led co-curricular activities.
Moderator: Christina Brook ’18

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Open to the Public

Liberation Bound: Cultivating Sustainable Activism

Join Firas Nasr ’15 and Carla Aronsohn, co-founders of Cultivate Strategies, for a 90 minute workshop on cultivating sustainable activism. What practices are needed to engage in activism through the long-term? What is getting in the way from creating on-ramps to organizing and preventing burnout? We’ll take a deep dive into the systems at play and provide an overview of the various tools and structures that have been effective in creating long-term, liberated movements. The workshop will include skill-building, reflection, and tool sharing.

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Open to the Public

CCE Trivia with Live Hosts

Show off your trivia skills this Thursday 3/11 at 9pm EST for the chance to give back to Addison County non-profits! There will be a mix of CCE-centric questions as well as general trivia, and contestants will compete live with the help of Zoom and Crowdpurr to win one of three prizes to donate to the Addison County non-profit of their choice. Play alone or with your friends and family! Donation prizes are: $225 for first place, $150 for second place, and $125 for third place.

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