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Since 1989 the Meelia Center has connected classroom and community.  Every semester over 250 students in dozens of courses across the disciplines apply class concepts through their community engagement.  Sometimes an optional assignment, and sometimes built into the fabric of the course for all students, community engaged learning can deepen understanding of course material and build student skills and confidence. It also generates significant positive community impact.   

Community Engaged Learning Courses 2018-2019 

Models of Community Engaged Learning

There are 3 types of Community Engaged Learning within the Meelia Center that offer a wide range of learning opportunities and ways to engage with the Manchester community. 

  • Community Based Engaged Learning

    With community based engaged-learning the placement sites available to students are determined by the course goals defined by the faculty member.  Students who choose the community based engaged-learning option are provided with an orientation, on-going support, and reflection opportunities.  If you are an education, nursing, fine arts or social work major you will take a number of required community based engaged-learning courses which lay a foundation for later practicum experiences.

  • Class- Based Engaged Learning

    Class-based engaged learning allows the entire class to tackle a project that is defined with community.  For example, Fine Arts classes invite non-profit agencies to present their design needs to an entire class, and then over the course of the semester the class generates art for their community client.  The community partner gets dozens of creative images to choose from, and the students get experience working for a client, feedback on their drafts and final products, and opportunity to present their work. 

  • Research in Support of Community

    The newest form of community engaged learning was developed by Meelia to appeal to faculty and students whose primary interests involve research.  The Research in Support of Community strategy (RSC) creates a community impact for student research efforts. 
    As with all community engaged learning, the process begins with course goals defined by faculty and sites to match them.  Here the service involves student research into questions defined by the community. Directors may request a review of the current literature on issues the agency is struggling with, information about successful local and national programs, or analysis of agency data. 
    RSC students are supported by Meelia student staff and the college’s Geisel Library research team. There is a research contract with the community that defines the question, how the results will be shared over the course of the semester, and the nature of the final product and presentation.  
     

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