For-credit community-engaged learning opportunities create meaningful partnerships between students and the community.

Whether you’re a student eager to apply classroom knowledge in real-world settings, a faculty member seeking to deepen course impact, or a community organization looking to collaborate, we offer ways to connect and co-create solutions. Explore course descriptions or choose an option below to find opportunities that align with your goals.

Course Descriptions
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Students

  • CEL Courses, Internships, or Research
  • Community Engagement Awards and Recognition
  • Curricular Engagement Pathways and Programs
  • Wolf Pack Discoveries

Faculty

  • Community-Engaged Scholarship (CES) or Faculty Fellowship Program
  • Enhance teaching and learning through CEL courses
  • Faculty Awards, Grants, and Recognition
  • Service-Learning Council

Community Partners

  • CEL Course – Engagement Experience Placements
  • Community Partner Awards and Recognition
  • University-Community Coalition Building

Community-Engaged Scholarship Program

The Community-Engaged Scholarship (CES) Program is a year-long professional development opportunity for faculty, staff, and graduate students that supports the intentional and effective integration of community engagement into careers and scholarly work. Through regular meetings within a peer learning community, participants examine best practices, share experiences, and learn from one another. The program encourages participants to reflect on their current approaches and to thoughtfully incorporate principles of critical community engagement into their teaching, research, service, or professional roles.

Awards Spotlight

ASUN Service-Learning Faculty Award

This award recognizes one instructor who has demonstrated exemplary integration of academic community engagement in their courses and teaching practices. Learn more about the ASUN Service-Learning Faculty Award.


2024-2025 Winner:
Jennifer Lanterman
Director, Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies; Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

Jennifer Lanterman

Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award

This award recognizes faculty who advance innovative, collaborative community-engaged learning that deepens student learning and strengthens community partnerships. Learn more about the Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award.


2024-2025 Winner:
Jenna Dewar, M.S.
CLFE, College of Education and Human Development

Jenna Dewar

Outstanding Service-Learning Community Partner Award

This award honors the commitment and essential contribution of our community partners in creating a University-Community Coalition through Service-Learning. Learn more about the Outstanding Service-Learning Community Partner Award.


2024-2025 Winner:
Doral Academy
of Northern Nevada

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Service-Learning in the news

Child and Family Research Center Faculty with award

Child and Family Research Center received Service-Learning Community Partner award

Human Development and Family Science students experience hands-on learning

Bradon posing with his mentor, Ben

Undergraduate researchers prepare for Wolf Pack Discoveries

Faculty mentors and student awardees provide insight to the rewarding experience of University-supported research, scholarly and creative activities

Undergraduate Research awardee Cesar Piedra stands in front of his sculptural project: a white animal figure with a textured paper surface.

Research-based work of 58 undergraduate students highlighted at symposium

Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium pivots to virtual with project presentations from a variety of disciplines, from STEM to the social sciences, arts and humanities