Introducing our new blog for Community Engaged Learning at Manhattan College!

I'm launching this blog, as a way to share ideas and information about opportunities to do community engaged learning (CEL) at Manhattan College, and more broadly to publicize interesting events, organizations and projects going on in the Bronx. 

Manhattan College faculty offer, on average, fifteen community engaged learning courses a semester, in every school of the college. As the coordinator of Community Engaged Learning at Manhattan College, I hope to inspire and assist more faculty in developing community engaged learning courses.  Kathleen Von Euw, Assistant Director of Community Engagement and Partnerships, and I can help interested faculty in various ways: 

• Every spring, we lead a faculty development seminar for faculty wishing to develop a CEL course
• We assist faculty in identifying potential community partners and developing a working relationship
• We host a networking reception each fall to connect faculty and community partners, and to celebrate our work together
• We tag and publicize CEL courses to encourage students to take advantage of this special learning opportunity

We'll post at least four kinds of things to this blog, using these labels to allow you to search for the things that interest you: 

• Faculty Development: conferences, faculty development and ideas for faculty doing Community Engaged Learning
• Events: local events that sound fun and/or informative; opportunities to explore the Bronx and other nearby communities. Maybe one of these events would make a good class trip.
• Resources: local organizations doing interesting work that you might consider partnering with; local resources that you may find useful to connect students with. 
• News: News stories and firsthard reports from faculty about CEL projects, at Manhattan College or elsewhere, to inspire us to try new things.