Center for Community Engagement

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The Center for Community Engagement provides resources to build a culture of civic responsibility and engaged learning at Eastern. The Center creates sustainable and effective relationships with community partners that benefit the local community, provide students with valuable life and employability skills, and support faculty in developing high-impact curricular practices. Opportunities are available in tutoring and mentoring in area schools, juvenile and adult rehabilitation, programs focused on cultural awareness, hunger and homelessness, animal rehabilitation, and health and wellness.

The Center:

Assists Eastern students in volunteer placements based on their schedules and interests
Provides Eastern students with training, orientation and reflection activities to improve their skills and make them effective volunteers
Empowers students to be proactive and develop their personal volunteer interests
Works with faculty to incorporate service-learning into their courses
Engages with community partners to ensure that programs meet their needs and provide students with a meaningful experience

Visit us at our Victorian house at 333 Prospect Street!

Director Lana O'Connor oconnorla@easternct.edu (860) 465-4426	Community Engagement Coordinator Lexie Mastroianni mastroiannil@easternct.edu (860) 465-5158
Center for Community Engagement 333 Prospect Street, Willimantic, CT 06226 cce@easternct.edu (860) 465-0090 Mailing: 83 Windham Street, Willimantic, CT 06226

Community Beyond the Classroom

Students posing for photo behind shopping carts for food drive

student posing for photo in front of a large decorated rock

student posing for photo with senior citizen

student posing for photo in front of large letters spelling TEACH

student posing for photo in front of Windham Region No Freeze Shelter

student posing for photo with masquerade masks

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