The Center for Community Engagement

Center for Community Engagement (CCE) Open House Come visit the CCE to meet with staff and current students and enjoy some local apple cider and refreshments. Our Center connects students, faculty, and community organizations (local and global) to provide opportunities for experiential learning, internships, and volunteer service. We provide access to advising, programming, and funding; last year over 1500 Middlebury students were involved with 65,000 hours of service! Our Mission: CCE prepares students for lives of meaning and impact through service, scholarship, and citizenship.

Visit 118 South Main, the home of the Community Engagement, the Programs on Creativity and Innovation in the Liberal Arts, and the Center for Social Entrepreneurship, who collectively provide opportunities for students to try new things, develop ideas, and learn to engage our local community and the world. Join faculty, staff, and current students involved with our programs, including Privilege & Poverty, TEDx Middlebury, and the CSE Fellowship. We’ll have Vermont/local apple cider and refreshments—bring your ideas and questions!

United Way’s Earn It, Keep It, Grow It class for staff and faculty members. Hosted by Community Engagement and Human Resources.

United Way’s Earn It, Keep It, Grow It class for staff and faculty members. Hosted by Community Engagement and Human Resources.

United Way’s Earn It, Keep It, Grow It class for staff and faculty members. Hosted by Community Engagement and Human Resources.

United Way’s Earn It, Keep It, Grow It class for staff and faculty members. Hosted by Community Engagement and Human Resources.

It’s our great honor to have President Laurie Patton speak about “What matters to her and why” as part of our Reflection Friday speaker series. On selected Fridays in the 2015-16 fall and spring semesters, the CSE hosts reflective talks in which speakers will respond to the prompt: “What matters to me, and why.” During these lunchtime talks, students and other members of the Middlebury community will reflect on their own ‘story of self’ and offer insights about the challenges of effecting social change. Lunch is provided for the first 100 attendees.

Join facilitators from BreakAway for this professional development workshop. Service and community engagement programs are a popular form of collegiate student learning in the name of social justice and social change. However, research has shown the danger of traditional service work in reifying stereotypes, furthering deficit-based perspectives, and increasing the gap between volunteers and the communities they intend to serve.

Are you interested in mentoring? Learning more about Addison County? Spending time with a child ages 6-12? Join Community Friends for a drop-in info session on Wednesday, January 11 from 5:00pm-6:30pm at the Center for Community Engagement at 20 Old Chapel Rd. Swing by with questions, to fill out an application, or just to learn more about the program!

Interested in the Charter House? Never heard of the Charter House? Come to the Charter House Atwater Dinner to enjoy delicious greek food and learn more about the Charter House which is an organization in town the provides free meals and shelter to those in need. Come and learn about how students can get involved! Anyone interested in learning more about the Charter House is welcome!