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Mission and Values
Our Mission
The WVU Center for Community Engagement (CCE) aims to leverage university knowledge and resources to support effective partnerships with communities that enhance community-engaged teaching, discovery, and action. The Center focuses on supporting faculty, staff and students in working with external partners on meeting reciprocal and mutually beneficial needs and advancing WVU’s land grant mission. The CCE pursues innovation and inclusiveness in its work to build partnerships with its community through:
1. Maximizing experiential learning opportunities across campus that teach diverse undergraduate, graduate and professional students to become engaged citizens, leaders, and scholars
2. Practicing and applying community engaged research, scholarship and creative activity, and
3. Providing engaged service and outreach that improves the quality of life for local and global communities
Vision
Students, staff, and faculty will be involved in multifaceted activities and experiences that enhance learning through service. A stronger infrastructure for engagement will support teaching principles of democracy, compassion, and cultural diversity. WVU will have a campus culture of service, supporting sustainable partnerships with local, regional, and statewide communities that help students realize their strengths, become engaged across campus and pursue lifelong learning..
Civic Engagement is a diverse experience committed to providing WVU students the opportunity and guidance in becoming civically engaged citizens, scholars, and leaders through interdisciplinary events. Including but not limited to service learning, research, volunteerism and partnerships.
Value Statement
Civic Engagement is a diverse experience which provides WVU students the opportunity and guidance to become civically engaged citizens, scholars, and leaders through interdisciplinary events. Including but not limited to academic service-learning, research, volunteerism and partnerships.